Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Literary text often includes literary devices, such as personification, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, symbolism, metaphor, and simile.
- An author uses literary devices to convey meaning within the text.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Identify the literary devices when reading prose, poetry, and dramas.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Literary devices are a special type of language that an author uses to convey meaning in literary text.
- Literary devices are language that carries meaning other than the literal meaning of the words or phrases.
Vocabulary
- Prose
- Poetry
- Dramas
- Identifying
- Literary devices
- Author
- Convey meaning
