2 Matching Figurative Language Literary Techniques Worksheets

These 2 worksheets are a great lesson starter to recap students’ ability to identify figurative / language techniques.

To save paper, each worksheet is ready to be printed as 2 pages per A4 paper.

I usually hand out the first worksheet, Matching Language Techniques 1, to my Grade 8 and 9 classes as a lesson starter before I annotate poetry and short stories with them. It helps students remember the different types of language techniques before annotating a text as a class.

In the following lesson, I would give my students Matching Language Techniques 2 and it’s a bit more challenging because they’re familiar with the language techniques from the first one.

Nonetheless, I had a low performing Grade 9 class and so I’ve made a differentiated version of Matching Language Techniques 2 to ensure that it’s not too hard for them.

Recommended for: Grades 7–9
Duration: ~10 minutes per worksheet

Includes:
✓ Editable Word (.docx) files
✓ Differentiation for low performing students
✓ Answers

WHICH FIGURATIVE / LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES ARE COVERED?

Matching Language Techniques 1
• Simile
• Repetition
• Enjambment
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Rhyme
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Matching Language Techniques 2
• Simile
• Oxymoron
• Alliteration
• Rhyme
• Metaphor
• Assonance
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Sibilance
• Hyperbole
• Consonance

More Figurative / Language Technique Resources:
➤ Magic School Escape Room – Narrative Structure & Figurative / Language Techniques
➤ Pirate Ship Escape Room – Poetry & Figurative / Language Techniques
➤ Figurative / Language Techniques Bingo