Description
Enhance your students’ reading and writing skills with this Literary Devices Resource, thoughtfully designed for learners in grades 4 to 6.
This engaging and creative resource helps students apply their understanding of literary devices and figurative language in a meaningful way, transforming abstract concepts into authentic writing.
This comprehensive resource pack blends explicit instruction, scaffolded supports, anchor charts, collaborative bulletin display, and assessment tools, allowing students to confidently demonstrate their understanding of literary devices through a fun and imaginative writing task.
At the end of the unit students will choose an inanimate object and write in first person to describe a day in its life. Through this task, they will naturally use and demonstrate their understanding of key literary devices such as:
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Personification / Anthropomorphism
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Imagery
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Simile & Metaphor
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Humour
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Hyperbole & Idioms
What’s Included
1. Literary Devices Review of Sound Techniques - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (26 slides) and ready-to-print PDF (includes ANSWERS)
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A scaffolded lesson on sound techniques: rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, consonance, assonance
2. Sound Techniques Worksheet - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (3 slides) and ready-to-print PDF with ANSWERS
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More practice on sound techniques
3. Sound Techniques in Song Lyrics - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (6 slides) and ready-to-print PDF
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Consolidation of sound techniques in group activity
4. Literary Devices: Comparison - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (22 slides) and ready-to-print PDF with ANSWERS
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A scaffolded lesson on similes and metaphors
5. Similes and Metaphors Matching - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (5 slides) and ready-to-print PDF with ANSWERS
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Group activity to consolidate comparison techniques
6. Simile and Metaphor Showdown - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (13 slides) and ready-to-print PDF with ANSWERS
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Engaging group activity to consolidate comparison techniques
7. Comparison Worksheet - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (2 slides) and ready-to-print PDF with ANSWERS
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More practice on similes and metaphors
8. Literary Devices: Personification and Anthropomorphism - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (20 slides) and ready-to-print PDF (includes ANSWERS)
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A scaffolded lesson on personification and anthropomorphism
9. Personification and Anthropomorphism Worksheet - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (2 slides) and ready-to-print PDF with ANSWERS
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More practice on personification and anthropomorphism
10. Day in a Life Assignment - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (3 slides) and ready-to-print PDF (rubric included)
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Summative written assignment - includes full project outline and rubric
11. Day in a Life Rough Draft - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (2 slides) and ready-to-print PDF
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To help students scaffold their final written assessment
12. Literary Devices: Imagery and Humour - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (18 slides) and ready-to-print PDF (includes ANSWERS)
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A scaffolded lesson on imagery and humour
13. Imagery and Humour Worksheet - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (2 slides) and ready-to-print PDF with ANSWERS
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More practice on imagery and humour
14. Imagery and Humour Illustration Cards - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (3 slides) and ready-to-print PDF
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Whole group activity to consolidate learning on imagery and humour
15. Imagery and Humour Scavenger Hunt - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (11 slides) and ready-to-print PDF (includes ANSWERS)
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Whole group activity to consolidate learning on imagery and humour
16. Literary Devices: Hyperbole and Idiom - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (16 slides) and ready-to-print PDF (includes ANSWERS)
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A scaffolded lesson on hyperbole and idiom
17. Hyperbole and Idiom Worksheet - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (2 slides) and ready-to-print PDF with ANSWERS
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More practice on hyperbole and idiom
18. Literary Devices Hexagons - FULLY EDITABLE Google Slide presentation (14 slides) and ready-to-print PDF
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Collaborative class bulletin board display
19. Literary Devices Posters - ready-to-print PDF (26 slides)
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Anchor chart for reference
*Please note that the Simile and Metaphor Matching, Simile and Metaphor Showdown, and Imagery and Hyperbole Scavenger Hunt activities will require prep on the teacher part to print and cut cards and post cards around the room.
Why Teachers Love This Resource
Engaging & Creative: Students love bringing objects to life and writing from a unique perspective
Explicit Instruction Built In: Step-by-step scaffolding supports all learners, including struggling writers
Differentiation: All attachments are fully editable and supports all learners with different activities (group, individual)
Adaptable & Classroom Ready: Simply project on the board and/or print and go!
Ontario Language Curriculum Expectations:
B2.2 demonstrate an understanding of a variety of words, acquire and use explicitly taught vocabulary in various contexts
C1.3 identify text patterns
C3.1 describe literary devices…in a variety of texts, and explain how they help create meaning and are appropriate for the intended purpose and audience
D2.1 draft texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies
D2.3 establish a personal voice in their texts, using varied language and elements of style to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a topic, and using a tone appropriate to the form and genre
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Total Pages
216 Google Slides, PDF ready-to-print ANSWERS