This practice activity focuses on identifying figurative language, determining literal from figurative language, and connecting figurative language to settings. L.9-10.5 Fig Lang/nuances

This lesson, focuses on three ways to use figurative language: to create imagery, to appeal to the senses (using sensory detail), and to suggest mood.

A learning module that teaches students about tone, style, and figurative language in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Identifying Diction Indicating Tone, Identifying Figurative Language, Spotting Jarring Departures from Tone in Diction...

You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising the tone, style, and figurative language in an essay. W.9-10.1d & W.9-10.2e Style/tone/conv

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...

In this lesson, students learn how to make complex inferences and use textual evidence such as imagery and figurative language to support understanding.

On this site you will find many foreign languages and literatures courses.

A deceivingly complex Web site dedicated to all forms of written language -- includes hundreds of alphabets, tips on learning languages, foreign phrases, a catalogue of links. The site even includes a section of language mysteries the...

Through a series of Q and A's, gain insight into American Sign Language (ASL) What is it? How did it originate? How does it compare to the spoken word? Is sign language the same around the world? Early introduction of ASL to hearing...

This in-depth collection will aid students in learning Spanish through video, audio, practice sessions and comprehension feedback. Includes online Spanish language television programs. For beginners or advanced Spanish speakers.

Resources and articles aimed at helping teachers use technology with English language learners.

An interesting, interactive way to view the many languages spoken in the United States. This site is filled with data, interpretation of data, interactive maps, ways to use the data, and ways to compare languages spoken in states.

A complete, undergraduate level online class on the philosophy of language available from MIT. The course description states, "this course explores the nature of meaning and truth, and their bearing on the use of language in communication."

This fascinating site lists the numerous languages spoken in India. The six major language groups are analyzed in terms of their usage in various parts of the country.

A lesson plan focusing on the power of Iago's language, as shown through his crafty deception of Othello, "Shakespeare's Othello and the Power of Language" provides several links to information on Shakespeare, Othello, and rhetoric.

This resource provides a look at the Korean language and the history of the written language. The article professes that it is an extremely easy language to learn to read. See examples of the vowels and consonants and discover why the...

A fascinating look at the Korean language and the history of the written language. The article professes that it is an extremely easy language to learn to read. See examples of the vowels and consonants and discover why the letters look...

A comprehensive site that looks at the origin and present day status of the official languages as sanctionned by the Indian Constitution.

This video lesson focuses on concrete and abstract language by defining them in a comparison form, providing examples of each, and providing practice in the form of listing words and asking students to classify them as concrete or abstract.

A sophisticated discussion on the language of mathematics, its origins, meanings, and precision.

Help build the foundation of understanding computer languages with this activity. Demonstrate some of the issues that arise when we try to give precise instructions to achieve a desired outcome.

This slideshow focuses on how to revise writing using concise language by eliminating unnecessary words and redundancy, avoiding generic phrases, using active voice and familiar terms, and looking for just the right words to convey...

This tutorial focuses on concise language by eliminating empty phrases and redundant words. It offers a video showing poor communication due to redundancy and a slide show which lists common empty phrases and provides an exercise to help...

This slideshow lesson focuses on using concise language by eliminating wordy construction in writing. It explains why writing needs to be concise and ways to do so by eliminating unnecessary passive tense, wordy constructions, and words...