Terms, Terms, and More Terms

Click on the link below to review the literary terms that describe techniques writers use to communicate ideas.

http://www.baschools.org/pages/uploaded_files/Lang_BAP_4gr.pdf

Click on the "Dictionary of Literary Terms" icon. Read the section "Literary Forms – Figurative Language" to view a detailed list of terms with definitions and examples.

http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/terms.html

Understanding Nonfiction and Literature

After teaching your students about the many elements in literature and nonfiction, how can you tell if they understand what they're reading? The links below offer some ways to help them pinpoint the purpose and meaning of what they are reading, whether nonfiction or literature.

Determining the main ideas in nonfiction, page by page and paragraph by paragraph, is one of the best ways to tell if students understand what they are reading. The link below offers several strategies students can use to determine the important elements in what they read.

https://www.thoughtco.com/reading-comprehension-strategies-7952

You have explored the terminology for literary devices and their uses, as well as some ways to help your students understand what they have read.