Do your students need help understanding similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, idioms, imagery, irony, and other figurative language devices?

This Figurative Language Anchor Chart, Poster & Activity includes posters, display cards, sorting activity, and editable templates to help students recognise, understand, and apply figurative language in their reading and writing. Each literary device features a clear definition and an example, making it easy for students to identify figurative language and confidently use it in descriptive and creative writing.

Perfect for figurative language lessons, descriptive writing, reading comprehension, literacy displays, collaborative learning walls, literacy centres, small-group instruction, intervention, and year-round classroom reference.

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

𓅦 Figurative Language Posters & Display Cards

• Idiom
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron
• Consonance
• Assonance
• Pun
• Symbolism
• Irony
• Cliché
• Allusion
• Paradox
• Imagery
• Euphemism
• Analogy

𓅦 Header Posters

𓅦 Blank Display Card Option

• Create student-generated examples
• Co-construct learning walls with your class

𓅦 Sort Activity

• Sort figurative language examples by type
• Multiple examples for each figurative language type

𓅦 2 Spelling Options

• British & Australian English
• American English

𓅦 3 Colour Options

• Cozy Comfort themed full colour
• Cozy Comfort themed minimal colour
• Black & white

𓅦 2 Poster Orientation Options

• Landscape
• Portrait

𓅦 Editable Templates

• Canva template (posters)
• Microsoft PowerPoint template (posters and display cards)

𓅦 Resource Guide PDF

• Teaching suggestions
• Quick access links to Google resources and Canva templates

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WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RESOURCE:

With 19 figurative language devices covered, from foundational terms like simile and metaphor to more advanced concepts like paradox, allusion, and euphemism, this resource grows with your students from initial instruction through independent application. Choose from three colour options and two orientations to match your classroom decor and printer preferences, and simply print and display so no prep beyond that required.

The editable templates, display cards, and blank example card option allow teachers to customise content and co-construct classroom displays with students. With both British/Australian and American spelling options, this resource is ready to use in classrooms around the world while providing a valuable year-round reference for reading and writing.

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EDITABLE TEMPLATES

Editable Canva and Microsoft PowerPoint templates allow you to customise the text and any fonts that are not part of the design.

Please note: The page design, colours and overall layout are fixed.

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