A-Z Guide to Literary Devices

About this curriculum

Bring Literature to Life with Literary Devices If your kids have ever pictured a vivid world while reading . . . felt a poem  hum like music . . . watched a character change and grow . . . . . . they’ve already experienced literary devices in action—whether they knew it or not! The A–Z Guide to Literary Devices  helps your family make sense of those sparks of literary magic. What’s Inside the A–Z Guide? This guide is both comprehensive and kid-friendly—an engaging companion to our  literature guides ! You’ll find: Easy-to-understand definitions for common (and some uncommon) literary devices Passage examples from beloved books (many of them from our Literature Singles ) Try It! prompts to help your kids use each device in tiny writing bursts Use it as a reference on the fly—or settle in and explore one device at a time. There’s no right way to use it. A Guide You’ll Use for Years Some literary devices will tickle your youngest readers. Others won’t fully land until the teen years, when deeper thinking blooms. This guide grows with your family. Why Learn Literary Devices? Literary devices are the tools writers use to make language come alive.…