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Literary Terms and Activities Guide

The document consists of tasks aimed at helping students learn literary terms and concepts such as adjectives, alliteration, couplets, imagery, and more. It includes exercises for defining terms, answering questions, and completing a puzzle related to the terms. The tasks encourage the use of textbooks for reference and aim to enhance understanding of literary devices.

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Literary Terms and Activities Guide

The document consists of tasks aimed at helping students learn literary terms and concepts such as adjectives, alliteration, couplets, imagery, and more. It includes exercises for defining terms, answering questions, and completing a puzzle related to the terms. The tasks encourage the use of textbooks for reference and aim to enhance understanding of literary devices.

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By Mr Field Copyright 2000 [Link].

uk

TASK 1 Copy and complete the table below into your exercise books

HINT Use your textbook to help you. Keep your explanations simple.
Don’t copy out everything from the book!

TERM EXPLANATION

Adjective Words which add extra ...

Alliteration A series of words that ...

Couplets

Imagery … of images.

Metaphor

Narrator The narrator is the ...

Onomatopoeia

Prose Prose is the ...

Rhyme … sound.

Rhyme scheme

Rhythm The pattern … … words.

Stanza A distinct ...

Symbolism Writers use symbolism to …

Synonyms

Tone … voice.

TASK 2 Answer the questions in full sentences. This will help you learn the terms!

1. Add an adjective to each of these nouns:


i) mountains ii) faces iii) lesson
2. a) Which of the sentences below show alliteration?
i) Peter went to the enormous supermarket.
ii) Teresa ran quickly along the street.
iii) Sarah swam slowly in the salty sea.
b) Explain why you chose the sentence you did.
3. a) What is a couplet? HINT: Use glossary in
b) Find and write out an example of a rhyming couplet. your text book to help
you find an example!
4. How is imagery like painting a picture?
5. Which of the following phrases contains a metaphor?
i) He ran like the wind.
ii) It was extremely windy.
iii) He ran so fast he was the wind.
6. a) What is a narrator?
b) Is it important to know who the narrator is? Explain what you think.
7. Pick five words that are examples of onomatopoeia:

ck d z
bel
l g ll sh k per
sm
a win buz ban we cra boo wh
is

8. What is the difference between prose and poetry?


9. What is the term that describes the way a writer organises rhyming words?
10. a) What is rhythm?
b) In what other subject is rhythm important?
11. What is a distinct unit of organised lines in a poem called?
12. Write down synonyms for the words below:

i) closed ii) hard iii) simple iv) bad v) nice vi) expensive

TASK 3 Carefully copy and complete the puzzle below. Fill in the answers on your
puzzle. Rearrange the highlighted letters to find the mystery word!

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

1. The term for words that sound like the sounds they describe.
2. The other term for a verse in a poem.
3. The term for when lines rhyme with the lines immediately them.
4. Another term for metre.
5. The term for the person who tells the story.
6. The term for words that have similar meanings.

CAN YOU WORK OUT THE HIDDEN WORD?

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