Students learn to recognize five common language devices (simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia), find them in an original descriptive passage about a storm, and, most importantly, explain the effect each one has on the reader. The worksheet finishes with a short analytical paragraph and a chance to write a description using the devices deliberately.
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Completed: Figurative Language: Simile, Metaphor, Personification and Sound Devices
7th Grade students (typically ages 12–13) working on reading comprehension. It is pitched at level 2 · standard.
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About 30 minutes for 21 questions. Short, regular sessions work best: two or three a week beats one long one.
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Learn the five devices first, then use the passage to practice finding them and explaining their effect.
Circle the device used in each sentence.
Read the passage twice, then copy the words from the passage that answer each question.
The storm arrived late in the afternoon. First came the wind, wild and wicked, shoving at the windows and rattling the gate like an impatient visitor. The sky was a bruise, purple and swollen.
Then the rain began: a gentle pitter-patter on the roof, and then a roar. Lightning split the sky, and for a moment the whole street was as bright as noon.
In the kitchen, the kettle whistled, the dog whimpered under the table, and Gran calmly cut another slice of cake. "Don't fuss," she said, passing a plate across the table. "That's just the sky clearing its throat."
(Original passage written for this worksheet.)
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