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Tone Worksheets

This page features worksheets and resources that help teach tone. Students are often tested on their ability to interpret a narrator’s tone. They need practice to get it right. Get your practice work here! What Is Tone? Tone is the narrator’s attitude toward his or her subject. It is like tone of voice. People describe […]

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by on August 28, 2014  •  Permalink
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https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/tone-worksheets-and-lesson/

Mood Worksheets

Students often confuse tone with mood. These are very similar reading skills, but they are not the same. Tone is the author’s attitude toward his or her subject. Mood is the feeling that the author is trying to create in the mind of readers. Both tone and mood deal with feelings and attitudes. Tone is […]

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Cause and Effect Example Paragraphs

Cause and effect is one text structure or pattern of organization. Common Core State Standards require students to analyze text and identify common patterns of organization like cause and effect. In order to meet this goal, students need to study passages organized according to cause and effect. That is the goal of this page. This […]

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Simile and Metaphor Worksheets

Similes and metaphors are related figurative language techniques. Both similes and metaphors draw comparisons between two or more things; however, there are some key differences between them. Similes always use the word like or the word as to make the comparison. Metaphors do not use the word like or as. Consequently, metaphors can be more […]

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Hyperbole and Understatement Worksheets

Hyperbole and understatement are related figurative language techniques. With hyperbole, the speaker exaggerates, adding intensity for effect. With understatement, the speaker understates or uses statements that are too weak to accurately describe reality. Since these techniques are so similar, students are often confused by them. That’s why I created the activities on this page. This […]

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Short Stories with Questions

This page features 20 of my favorite short stories with questions. These reading activities are perfect for classroom use. Written by some of the greatest authors in history, these stories are short enough to cover in a single class period, and rich enough to warrant study. I tried to select stories that students would find […]

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Simile Worksheets

A simile is a comparison between two different things using the word “like” or “as.” Common Core State Standards require students to be able to identify and analyze similes and other figurative language techniques at around the third or fourth grade level. Many of the simile worksheets that I’ve found online are very basic and […]

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by on January 21, 2014  •  Permalink
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Figurative Language Poems with Questions

Poetry is a rich source of figurative language. Though there are examples of figurative language to be found in all genres of literature, perhaps none more than in poetry. Good poets pack worlds of meaning into tiny little lines. These lines evoke emotions, thoughts, and at times social change. One of the ways that poets […]

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Alliteration Examples

Alliteration is a poetic technique in which the initial consonant sounds of words are repeated in close succession. To put it more simply: alliteration is when the beginning sounds of words repeat. It is important to note that alliteration is about the sounds of words, not the letters; therefore, the letter “k” and “c” can […]

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Online Figurative Language Practice

Are you looking to give your students practice with identifying figurative language techniques? How would you like to positively impact the environment by not using paper to print out worksheets? And how do you feel about saving time by not grading assignments? For these reasons and more, you should use ereading worksheets in your classroom. […]

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by on March 31, 2013  •  Permalink
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