Figurative Language Task Cards: Quizzes, Activities, Bell-Ringers

Help your students understand elements of figurative language with this set of 32 task cards. Each card features a passage from a famous work of literature, along with a prompt asking students to identify and/or explain the device's function. The cards can work with both middle and high school students.

A recording sheet and an answer key are included in both Word and PDF formats (the task cards themselves are a PDF). These cards work well as a paired, partnered, or group activity. Print, cut, and laminate the cards to make them last longer. A copy of the task cards without numbers is also included.

Use these task cards as quizzes, bell-ringers, exit slips, group work, test prep review, or as a class activity.

The elements of figurative language included in the task cards are:
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Synecdoche
• Assonance
• Alliteration

The task cards feature selections from The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men, Fences, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Crucible, The Catcher in the Rye, Ethan Frome, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Jane Eyre, The Scarlet Letter, and more!

These task cards are INCLUDED IN MY BUNDLE:
ELA Task Card Bundle: Rhetorical Devices, Figurative Language, Diction, Poetry

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