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Literary Devices Poster Pack

  • Updated

    Updated:  14 Jun 2023

Explore the various literary devices used by authors with the set of colourful classroom posters.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  13 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  3 - 6

Curriculum

  • ACELT1600

    Discuss the nature and effects of some language devices used to enhance meaning and shape the reader’s reaction, including rhythm and onomatopoeia in poetry and proseElaborationsidentifying the effect of imagery in texts, for example the use of ...

  • ACELT1605

    Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using various techniques, for example character development and plot tensionElaborationsexamining the author’s description of a c...

  • ACELT1611

    Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odesElaborationsdiscussing how figurative language including simile and metaphor can ...

  • ACELT1617

    Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verseElaborationsidentifying how language choice and imagery build emotional connection and engagement with th...

teaching resource

Literary Devices Poster Pack

  • Updated

    Updated:  14 Jun 2023

Explore the various literary devices used by authors with the set of colourful classroom posters.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  13 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  3 - 6

Explore the various literary devices used by authors with the set of colourful classroom posters.

What Are Examples of Literary Devices?

Literary devices are the specific tools writers use to communicate more effectively with their audience.

Display this set of educational posters in your classroom when exploring the wonderful world of literature and authors’ craft with your students. It explains some of the more common literary devices in student-friendly terms and provides an example for each type. This literary devices poster set includes descriptions and examples of:

  • alliteration
  • characterisation
  • flashback
  • foreshadowing
  • hyperbole
  • imagery
  • juxtaposition
  • metaphor
  • onomatopoeia
  • oxymoron
  • personification
  • simile
  • idiom.

How to Make the Most of This Literary Devices Classroom Display

These posters have been created to support literacy instruction in your classroom. You may wish to use them in the following ways:

  1. Print the posters on A3 paper and display them in your classroom as a reminder of the various types of literary devices.
  2. As you teach each device, provide students with a smaller version of the posters to paste into their workbooks.
  3. Use the resource as a word wall display by adding examples of each type of literary device around the posters.

Download, Print, Teach!

This poster pack downloads as a full-colour PDF. Just download, print and teach!

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  • Luisa Ricciuti
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    Hello, are we able to have a Power Point Presentation version of this document? Also how about some exercises in relation to each element outlined, that would be terrific! Thank you.

    • Janeen
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      Hi Luisa Thank you for your comment! So we can keep all of our suggestions and requests together, can you please submit a change request to this resource using the Changes & Updates tab above? This tab can be found near the comments section. Thanks again! Janeen

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