These posters outline various language features that students can use in their writing to engage and entertain the reader. They define and give examples of each figurative technique, allowing students to understand how they can be used.
Included: Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Idiom, Personification, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia.
These print out 2 per A4 page.
Curriculum content descriptions
Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse (ACELT1617)
Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts, for example, using imagery, sentence variation, metaphor and word choice (ACELT1800)