Figurative Language Worksheets, PowerPoint Quiz, Poster and Spinning Wheels

The quiz, worksheet, poster and spinning wheel resources in this bundle were designed to:

• Develop students’ knowledge of figurative language
• Expose students to different examples of figurative language
• Enable students to practice using figurative language in their own creative texts

The resources in this bundle have mainly been used on upper primary / lower secondary (middle school ) students and would be particularly useful for teachers who are teaching figurative language in Creative Writing and/or Short Story writing units.

Included resources/tasks:

• Interactive PowerPoint Quiz Game:

– The questions in this PowerPoint quiz focus on different examples of figurative language. Students can use the figurative language definitions poster/information sheet to assist with the more difficult questions (I also sometimes get students to research examples of figurative language online if they are finding a question difficult). There is 1 version of the PowerPoint quiz for students to use individually on their own computers and 1 version of the PowerPoint quiz that can be used with a classroom of students. This quiz game can be uploaded and used in the same way on Google Slides (the sound effects will only work on the original PowerPoint quiz files). The quiz has 15 questions about different types of figurative language and instructions on how to open the PowerPoints and work through the quiz are included. An interactive scoring sheet that students can use when completing the quiz game has also been included. The scoring sheet was initially designed to be printed and used with the classroom version of the PowerPoint quiz, but has now been made interactive for digital/online use also.

• 10 Interactive PDF worksheets (tasks can be printed or typed on directly). *Read-only PowerPoint versions have also been added for those who want to use the worksheets on Google Slides.

– Students can use the PowerPoint spinning wheels and the definitions poster for assistance when completing these worksheets. The worksheets focus on the following topics:

1. Create your own (Creating examples of figurative language)

2. Figurative Language Brainstorm (Listing as many figurative language examples as possible that can be related to a chosen topic)

3. Figurative Language Crossword puzzle

4. Figurative Language Word Search puzzle *This worksheet task is not editable

5. How many examples? (Selecting 1 type of figurative language and listing as many examples as possible)

6. Select and Write (Writing sentences with examples of a chosen type of figurative language)

7. Select, list and draw (Selecting 4 types of figurative language and providing an example and picture of each)

8. Write a Paragraph (Selecting 1 type of figurative language and writing a paragraph about it with examples)

9. Write a Poem (Using 3 examples of figurative language twice)

10. Write a Short Story (Writing a story with at least 10 examples of a chosen type of figurative language)

*Answer sample sheets for all of the worksheet tasks have been included.

• Spinning Wheels (Interactive PowerPoints)

1 x Figurative Language Wheel (with examples of figurative language)

1 x Topic Idea Wheel (with examples of topics students can apply figurative language to such as food, animals, weather, nature, body parts and time).

*Students can use these spinning wheel PowerPoints for prompting purposes or to generate ideas when completing the worksheets or other tasks. A suggestion sheet with activities that these spinning wheels can be used with has been included.

*Instructions on how to open and use the spinning wheel PowerPoints are also included.

• Figurative Language Poster (PDF & PowerPoint versions)

This poster has basic definitions of different types of figurative language. It can be used as a poster in a classroom, or be printed and used as an information worksheet for individual students. There is a colored version of this poster and also a black and white version.

Australian Curriculum alignment:

Year 5:

Examining literature: Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes

Year 6:

Examining literature: Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse

Creating literature: Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts, for example, using imagery, sentence variation, metaphor and word choice