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Literary Techniques Matching Worksheet
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Literary Techniques Matching Worksheet
Match each example to a technique from the word bank. Use each technique more than once where needed. Word bank: metaphor, simile, repeated initial sounds, giving human traits to non-human things, hyperbole, onomatopoeia. Then answer the short questions. Be ready to explain how you know.
Match the technique
Choose the best-fitting technique for each example.
1.“The old house was a giant’s shoe.” Which literary technique is used?
2.“The kitten curled up like a warm mitten.” Which literary technique is used?
3.“Four frogs flipped from the fern.” Which literary technique is used?
4.“The sleepy candle yawned and went dark.” Which literary technique is used?
5.“His thoughts were a tangled nest.” Which literary technique is used?
6.“The rain tapped on the roof like tiny fingers.” Which literary technique is used?
7.“Molly’s muddy boots marched across the mat.” Which literary technique is most clearly used?
8.“The alarm clock grumbled at dawn.” Which literary technique is used?
9.“A silver ribbon of river wound through the fields.” Which literary technique is used?
10.“The dancer moved as lightly as a feather.” Which literary technique is used?
11.“Seven swans swept silently across the lake.” Which literary technique is used?
12.“The storm hurled its anger at the coast.” Which literary technique is used?
Explain and create
Use precise examples and explain your thinking.
13.“The moon smiled down on the dark sky.” Name the technique and explain which words show it.
14.In your own words, what is a metaphor?
15.Write a simile comparing a sound to something else. Use “like” or “as”.
16.Write a phrase of at least three words about a rainy day that repeats the same starting sound in nearby words.
17.Write a sentence that gives a non-living object a human action or feeling.
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