3 x A4 posters that I have on my classroom wall to help students remember what the key imagery terms are.
Each poster has a clear definition and an example.
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This bundle contains 67 worksheets on alliteration, metaphors, onomatopoeia similes and personification.
Resource 1: Similes and Metaphors - 13 Worksheets
Resource 2: Personification - 16 Worksheets
Resource 3: Alliteration -18 worksheets.
Resource 4: Onomatopoeia - 20 worksheets
Similes and Metaphors Worksheets
There are 13 worksheets on similes and metaphors.
Tasks include:
Identifying similes and metaphors in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, A red, red rose by Robert Burns, several bible verses and Shakespeare quotes.
Composing sentences and short paragraphs containing similes and metaphors on themes including foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, candle flame, trees, hate, love, happiness.
The resource also includes a poster on the difference between similes and metaphors and an explanation sheet with examples of metaphors and similes and the difference between them.
Personification Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 16 worksheets on identifying and using personification.
Tasks include:
Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, The Fog by Carl Sandburg, Jack Frost, The Eight-Story Kiss by Tom Robbins, The Windmill by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, Snow and Snow by Ted Hughes.
Writing sentences and short paragraphs containing personification on themes.
The resource also contains an explanation and definition sheet about personification.
Alliteration Worksheets
A set of 18 worksheets on identifying and using alliteration.
Tasks include:
Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from Harry Potter, The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever and The Ancient Mariner.
Composing sentences and short paragraphs containing alliteration.
Onomatopoeia Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 22 worksheets on the literary device of onomatopoeia.
Tasks include:
Identifying onomatopoeic words in sentences and literature and using onomatopoeia in sentences, to describe scenes and to create adverts.
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Four PowerPoint Lessons - Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Onomatopoeia and Alliteration
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Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Onomatopoeia and Alliteration - PowerPoints and Worksheets
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This resource contains 3 sets of worksheets/ workbooks on figurative language and the literary devices of alliteration, personification, similes and metaphors. The worksheets are available in both PDF and word format to enable editing.
Similes and Metaphors Worksheets
There are 13 worksheets on similes and metaphors. Tasks include:
Identifying similes and metaphors in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, A red, red rose by Robert Burns, several bible verses and Shakespeare quotes.
Composing sentences and short paragraphs containing similes and metaphors on themes including foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, candle flame, trees, hate, love, happiness.
The resource also includes a poster on the difference between similes and metaphors and an explanation sheet with examples of metaphors and similes and the difference between them.
Personification Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 16 worksheets on identifying and using personification. Tasks include:
Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, The Fog by Carl Sandburg, Jack Frost, The Eight-Story Kiss by Tom Robbins, The Windmill by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, Snow and Snow by Ted Hughes.
Writing sentences and short paragraphs containing personification on themes.
The resource also contains an explanation and definition sheet about personification.
Alliteration Worksheets
A set of 18 worksheets on identifying and using alliteration. Tasks include:
Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from Harry Potter, The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever and The Ancient Mariner.
Composing sentences and short paragraphs containing alliteration.
More Figurative Language Resources
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This KS2 English pack contains three interactive posters illustrating different ways to use creative magery in writing. Each poster is based on an amusing or interesting image accompanied by word balloons to explain this idea. These word balloons are optional. Blank balloon templates enable you to use the children’s own ideas, or to add to the existing examples. It’s an ideal resource for starting up conversations about the choices we make as writers, and what effect these choices have on readers.
The writing techniques demonstrated in this pack are:
*Metaphors
*Similes
*Personification
This resource contains an A3 poster on similes. It can be laminated and used for classroom display.
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Set of 5 Literary Devices Posters - Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Similes and Metaphors
These are an eye catching set of five colourful A3 size posters available on both white and black backgrounds.
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This resource contains an A3 poster on personification for primary school pupils.
It can be laminated and used for classroom display.
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Set of 5 Literary Devices Posters - Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Similes and Metaphors
These are an eye catching set of five colourful A3 size posters available on both white and black backgrounds.
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Print these language features posters (on A3, A4 or on card) to make an excellent classroom display for English language and/or literature.
The posters include:
a language feature / method
a song lyric with the feature included
a definition of the language feature
an appropriate visual representation of song lyrics / method.
Language features:
Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, semantic field, personification, pathetic fallacy, onomatopoeia, assonance, alliteration, statistics, juxtaposition, oxymoron, anthropomorphism, emotive language, repetition and rhetorical question.
Enjoy,
T.
22 literary techniques defined in one matching poster set.
Each poster features a clear definition and example.
A4 portrait design, easy-to-print, and provided as both pdf and PowerPoint files.
Literary techniques included are: alliteration, allusion, antagonist, assonance, caesura, connotation, dramatic irony, foreshadowing, hyperbole, irony, juxtaposition, metaphor, motif, parody, protagonist, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, pun, simile, theme and tone
9 key features of poetry:
Rhyme, rhythm, repetition, imagery, similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification.
Attached as a word file and PDF.
Explanation of each feature with a written example and image for each.
These fun, printable posters are perfect for bulletin board displays to teach figurative language including simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, idiomatic expressions, and hyperbole.
Happy teaching and enjoy!
MrsMcDee153
35 editable posters covering a huge range of literary techniques. Each slide consists of watercolour imagery, technique and defintion. A lovely, colourful resource to be used in any classroom. Definitions include alliteration, simile and personification, as well as anaphora, extended metaphor and semantic field.
Macbeth quotes linked to the following language techniques and definitions:
Repetition
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Dramatic Irony
This PowerPoint slides are great to be used as a wall display/ poster or a learning/ revision mat to be laminated.
Display these fun and thought stimulating posters around your classroom! There are 7 in all!
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Personification
A fun and colorful way to engage your students with the creativity of figurative language.
Enjoy!
This resource contains a fully editable, 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on literary devices/figurative language. The PowerPoint provides explanations and examples of the literary devices listed below. It also contains opportunities for students to identify literary devices.
Alliteration
Allusion
Anaphora
Assonance
Consonance
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Idiom
Irony
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Paradox
Personification
Pun
Rhetorical Question
Simile
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Figurative Language - Set of 11 Posters
This resource contains a set of eleven A3 size posters on literary devices/figurative language with examples. They include:
similes
personification
hyperbole
alliteration
idiom
oxymoron
assonance
consonance
onomatopoeia
allusion
metaphors
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Posters for your classroom
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Each one with meaning and examples.
My students love those and they always look for reference every time we talk about figures of speech during a lesson!
A set of posters for language devices that relate them to popular culture. This makes them easy for students to understand and relate to. Set includes Alliteration, Direct Address, Emotive Language, Idioms, Metaphors, Personification, Repetition, Rhetorical Questions, Rule of Three and Simile.
This packet contains 12 fun, colorful learning posters on different Figures of Speech. Use them as posters in your classroom, under a document camera, or shrink them for your students’ interactive notebooks!
12 Posters include:
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Irony
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Pun
Oxymoron
Euphemism
Understatement
Paradox
This resource contains a set of 11 A3 size posters on literary devices/figurative language with examples. They include:
similes
personification
hyperbole
alliteration
idiom
oxymoron
assonance
consonance
onomatopoeia
allusion
metaphors
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11 specially designed posters on linguistic techniques designed to aid students’ learning of key vocabulary.
Each poster uses an example to explain each technique.
Perfect for your classroom or corridor displays!
Features:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Rule of Three
Hyperbole
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
Rhetorical Question
Imperative
Oxymoron
These are posters that go over figurative language words and their meanings.
Included are:
Figurative Language
Figure of Speech
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Imagery
Idioms
Total Pages
10 pages
Subject
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grade Levels
Not Grade Specific
Resource Type
Printables, Posters
This poster explains parts of our speech and what they are called. For example similes, metaphors, personification, amongst others, with each giving an example to help with understanding