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Identifying Descriptive and Figurative Language Worksheets
A set of 3 worksheets to help your students identify descriptive and figurative language in narrative texts.
Students read the three narrative texts provided and identify the descriptive and figurative language features. These include:
- using a range of verb types, written in past tense
- using adjectives and adverbs to describe nouns and verbs
- using imagery (simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia)
- using emotive words and phrases
- using direct speech
- using connecting words and phrases to link events together.
The texts included are:
- The Thunderstorm
- The Forest Path
- The Park.
Answers for teachers are also provided.
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NSW Curriculum alignment
- EN3-6B
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
- EN3-7C
Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCELT316
Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes
- VCELA324
Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or idea
- VCELT344
Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse
- VCELA351
Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups/phrases
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACELA1508
Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or ideaElaborationslearning how to expand a description by combining a related set of nou...
- ACELT1611
Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odesElaborationsdiscussing how figurative language including simile and metaphor can ...
- ACELA1523
Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups/phrasesElaborationsknowing that verbs often represent actions and that the choice of more expressive verbs makes an act...
- ACELT1617
Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verseElaborationsidentifying how language choice and imagery build emotional connection and engagement with th...
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I really really like these activities but I think they would be enhanced if each colour had a specific meaning eg: green was only used for verbs, red is only used for noun related concepts, etc
This way the students will retain an understanding from one sheet to the next.
Casey · Mar 29th, 2017
That’s a really good idea, Casey. Thank you for the suggestion!
Stephanie (Teach Starter) · Apr 10th, 2017