Description
Do your students consistently confuse personification with metaphor? Are they unsure of the difference between a simile and a metaphor? These figurative language posters explain each author’s craft and literary devices by making it easy for students to identify them in their writing or while reading.
Recognize Author’s Craft with Figurative Language
➡️ This author’s craft and literary devices resource includes 9 figurative language posters with definitions, examples, and words or phrases in context.
➡️ Students can use the figurative language posters as reference tools to help them understand the different types of figurative language terms and how they are used in reading and writing.
➡️ These colorful posters are a great way to introduce students to common figurative language terms. The examples and definitions can be used in any order or as a stand-alone activity.
Classroom Uses for Figurative Language Posters and Worksheets
✨This reference sheet can be placed in reading or writing notebooks as students learn to identify and interpret different types of figurative language terms.
✨ Use these posters as a reference the next time you’re reading. This list of figurative language terms is a great resource to use during your independent or guided literacy reading time.
✨ These student-friendly anchor charts can be used to help analyze how the authors use phrases, analogies, and metaphors to enhance their texts.
✨ Support ELL students identify figurative language through sentence examples, meaning, and friendly definitions. The guided notes are a perfect companion to use during a reading lesson, in small groups, with partners, or independently.
✨ Frame them, hang them around the room, post them on a bulletin board, or laminate them and use them as flashcards. You can use it both within the classroom and home school setting.
