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You know how weird things are these days? I repeatedly find myself rooting for the #CollegeBoard as defenders of #academic honesty and critical thinking.

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#Personification just wants to help (more of my recent ramblings about #LiteraryDevices and #teaching them to #HighSchool #Students -

https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/personification-just-wants-to-help/

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Like A #Metaphor (Compared for the Very First Time...) - https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/like-a-metaphor/

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#Allusions can be tricky - especially when students don't know anything...

"Recognizing Allusions" - https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/recognizing-allusions/

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I went on a bit of a #LiteraryDevices kick for a few weeks, starting with this one:

"Wicked Alliteration" - https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/wicked-alliteration/

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Some similes and metaphors come up over and over in literature, poetry, pop songs, and the visual arts. Most lend themselves just as easily to larger uses like symbolism theme-ish stuff. In this post, I look at a few easy examples suitable for the classroom.

"Raining In The Dark Cave Of My Winter Car (Part Two)" -

https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/raining-dark-cave-my-winter-car-part-two

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A #metaphor compares two things which aren’t otherwise alike in order to emphasize one or more characteristics of the primary character or situation being described.

A #simile, on the other hand, compares two things which aren’t otherwise alike in order to emphasize one or more characteristics of the primary character or situation being described… and uses “like” or “as” to do so, so it’s a tad less intense.

“You’re an angel” is a metaphor.

“You’re like an angel” is a simile.

These aren’t exactly the same, but they’re close enough that they shouldn’t require multiple worksheets to tell them apart. And just to complicate things, not every description using “like” or “as” is a simile.

https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/metaphor

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#Allusions are one of the trickiest #LiteraryDevices to teach young people, largely because allusions by their very nature expect the reader to already understand people and events generally considered to be “common knowledge.”

You see the problem.

https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/recognizing-allusions

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As it turns out, #alliteration is super easy to explain and recognize, but difficult to analyze in terms of its purpose or impact.

It does stuff, but unless someone intuitively “gets it,” it’s tricky to express just what “stuff” it does. This is my effort to explain alliteration to anyone not already enmeshed in its glories.

https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/wicked-alliteration

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What's the most productive part of a class? When do students learn the most?

I've often heard "the research shows" that the first and last five minutes have the greatest effect.

I looked into that research.

https://www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-most-important-5-minutes-in-class-the-primacy-recency-effect/

Preview: not a persuasive claim.

(I think ALL minutes can be equally productive if we plan correctly.)

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