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Name: ______________

Pre-Assessment Task

Match the language device to its definition


Repetition

Acomparisonwheretwo
thingsaresaidtobethe
same

Metaphor

Humancharacteristicsgiven
toanonhumanobject

Imagery

Therepeatingofwordsfor
emphasisofpersuasion

Alliteration

Therepetitionofthesame
letteratthebeginningofa
groupofwords

Personification

Vividpicturescreatedby
words

Highlight and list all the poetic techniques you recognise


and understand in the following poem.
The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.
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Tier1Activity
LANGUAGEDEVICE
Imagery

Repetition

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Internalrhyme

Endrhyme

EXAMPLES

Tier2Activity
LANGAUGEDEVICE
Imagery
Vividpicturescreatedby
words

Repetition
Therepeatingofwordsfor
emphasisofpersuasion

Simile
Acomparisonoftwothings
usinglikeoras

Metaphor
Acomparisonwheretwo
thingsaresaidtobethe
same

Personification
Humancharacteristicsgiven
toanonhumanobject

Onomatopoeia
Awordwhosesoundimitates
itsmeaning

Hyperbole
Thedeliberateuseof
exaggerationtoconvey
meaningorproveapoint

Alliteration
Therepetitionofthesame
letteratthebeginningofa
groupofwords

Internalrhyme
Rhymethathappenswithina
singlelineofpoetry

Endrhyme
Thesimilarityintheend
soundsofwordsattheend
oflines.

EXAMPLES

Tier3Activity
LANGUAGEDEVICE
Imagery
Vividpicturescreatedby
words

Repetition
Therepeatingofwordsfor
emphasisofpersuasion

Simile
Acomparisonoftwothings
usinglikeoras

Metaphor
Acomparisonwheretwo
thingsaresaidtobethe
same

Personification
Humancharacteristicsgiven
toanonhumanobject

Onomatopoeia
Awordwhosesoundimitates
itsmeaning

Hyperbole
Thedeliberateuseof
exaggerationtoconvey
meaningorproveapoint

Alliteration
Therepetitionofthesame
letteratthebeginningofa
groupofwords

Internalrhyme
Rhymethathappenswithina
singlelineofpoetry

Endrhyme
Thesimilarityintheend
soundsofwordsattheend
oflines.

EXAMPLES
Hefumedandchargedlikeanangrybull

Ahorseisahorse,ofcourse,ofcourse

AstallasabeanstalkorRunlikethewind

Thisclassroomisazoo

Thestarsdancedplayfullyinthemoonlitsky

Buzz,tinkle,bang,crash

Ivetoldyouamilliontimes

Shesellsseashellsbytheseashore

Thegrainsbeyondage,thedarkveinsofhermother

Thecatinthehat/satonamat

PoetryExitCard

Name:______________

1) Givethreeexamples(notlistedbelow)ofalanguage
deviceusedinthestudyofpoetry
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2) Definethetermsonomatopoeiaandpersonification
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3) WhileInodded,nearlynapping,suddenlytherecamea
tapping.Findanexampleofinternalrhymeand
alliterationintheaboveexcerptfromTheRaven.
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