I searched for an accessible way to explain literary devices when my oldest daughter was asking for help in her final high school English class.
How to have fun with homeschool high schoolers teaching literary devices? Use popular pop culture references.
If you’re thinking, what even is a literary device? An abbreviated, succinct version exists here.
And when you sit to watch a few of these videos, include your pop culture-trained teenagers. (You’ll figure it out as quickly as they will).
Homeschool High Schoolers teaching Literary Devices
Similes:
Metaphors:
Hyperbole, metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia:
And if you want to understand the basics of literary terms, Mrs. Day will help you.
And call me a sucker for the go-to literary device that rolls off my tongue:
Alliteration:
Personification:
Onomatopoeia:
And if you just don’t remember what so many of these terms are yourself, here is an excellent summary of many terms of figurative language.
Other writing things you can teach your homeschool kiddo:
- How to Teach your Kids to Write: A Brave Writer Review
- The Art of Language: Having Something to Say
- Teaching Kids Handwriting
- Teach Kids Spelling
Learning literary devices can be simple, and even fun, enjoying pop culture references that your teenager likely knows (& possibly even you!)
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Considering homeschooling your high schooler?
- Entering Homeschool High School
- How to Help Reluctant Writers: Julie Bogart on Homeschool Writing
- What are the benefits of a homeschool high school?
- How to Teach Writing in a Child-Directed Way
- High School Options & Post-Secondary School
- A Homeschool Teenager’s Perspective: How to Homeschool High School
- What’s it like having a high school homeschooler at home?
- How to unschool high school.
- How to Help Reluctant Writers: Julie Bogart on Homeschool Writing
- Homeschool Teens Perspective: How to Homeschool High School
- A Parent’s Guide to Raising Critical Thinkers with Julie Bogart
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Teresa Wiedrick
I help homeschool mamas shed what’s not working in their homeschool & life, so they can show up authentically, purposefully, and confidently in their homeschool & life.
