Free figurative language cheat sheet: simile to pathetic fallacy (PDF)
Twelve devices from simile to pathetic fallacy: what each one is, how to spot it, and how to explain its effect in an answer. For Years 3 to 6, for comprehension and creative writing.
What’s in it
The first page has twelve devices: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, repetition, rhetorical questions, the rule of three, imagery and the senses, emotive language and pathetic fallacy. Each has a plain definition, an example, how to spot it and a model answer that explains its effect.
The second page shows how to explain an effect in three steps, a weak and a strong answer side by side, a short passage with its devices labelled, the pairs that are easy to mix up (alliteration is about sounds, not letters), how to use each device in your own writing, and what to avoid.
- Page 1Twelve devices, each with an example, how to spot it and how to explain it
- Page 2Explaining the effect, a labelled passage, easy mix-ups, and using them in writing
Both pages
In colour, and just as clear on a black-and-white printer. Print them back to back.
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Each topic in full
The sheet has the facts. Each guide shows how the exam asks about them, with worked examples and the traps.
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