Figurative Language Fun: 40 Literary Device & Element Complete Guide

Perfect for teaching figurative language, literary devices and elements to ALL ages.

1. Terms & Definition Guide (32 most common terms)
2. Matching "Quiz" (to test all 32 terms)
3. Rhyming Poem (40 terms and examples)

Use the complete study guide and matching pre and post "quiz" and read the rhyming rhythmic poem to or with your students to make learning and remembering 40 different literary devices and elements fun and easy.

Use the guide, matching "quiz," and poem separately for fun 2-5 minute activities, or all together to introduce or review these 40 essential literary devices and elements.

The poem includes fun and easy to digest definitions and examples for all of the following literary techniques:

Setting
Imagery
Characterization (Direct & Indirect)
Dialogue
Conflict (vs. person, vs. self, vs. society, vs. nature)
Plot
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Cliff Hanger
Point of View (1st, 2nd, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient)
Literary elements vs. literary devices / figurative language
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Diction
Connotation
Tone
Mood
Hyperbole
Understatement
Synecdoche
Alliteration
Assonance
Analyze
Theme
Subject
Moral
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Allegory
Literary devices vs. literary elements



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Reading Comprehension & Paraphrasing Lesson Plan

Author’s Purpose Lesson Plan

Context Clue Lesson Plan

Main Idea & Details & Summarizing Lesson Plan

Point of View Lesson Plan

Conflict & Plot Lesson Plan

Mood vs. Tone + Connotation Lesson Plan

Types of Irony Lesson Plan

Rhetoric, Ethos, Logos, Pathos Lesson Plan

Inferencing Lesson Plan

Types of Foreshadowing Lesson Plan



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NON-FICTION TEXT FEATURES

POINT OF VIEW

SEQUENCING

TEXT CONNECTIONS

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS (INFERENCE)

COMPARE & CONTRAST

MAIN IDEA

CAUSE & EFFECT

CHARACTER TRAITS

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

INFERENCE

SUMMARIZE

THEME

CONTEXT CLUE VOCABULARY

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