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[|Google Custom Search]

The above Google Custom Search (GCS) was created to provide middle school students with a variety of ways to define, understand and use figurative language. The GCS will allow students to search under the broad term of Figurative Language as well as for specific devices: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, allusion, imagery, details, onomatopoeia, etc.

When studying literary pieces, we often analyze an author’s craft through figurative language and literary or rhetorical devices. Whether the piece is poetry, prose or informational, literary devises are used to create greater understanding for the message the author is trying to convey. Teachers can use this GCS to help give students a greater understanding for the variety of ways figurative language is used. Once these devices are better understood, students will be able to identify them in writing as well as create their own examples. Students could conduct their own search and browse through results. It may also benefit teachers when looking for new ways to teach Figurative language and literary devices.