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Poetic Devices PowerPoint
A 23 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when introducing students to poetic devices.
Poetry is an extremely broad genre of imaginative writing. As teachers, it is sometimes difficult to know where to begin!
This PowerPoint presentation has been designed to introduce your students to five commonly used poetic devices. It provides an overviewย and example of the following:
- rhythm
- rhyme
- sound play
- word play
- imagery.
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National Curriculum Curriculum alignment
- Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower
Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower covers students in Year 3 and Year 4.
- English
By the beginning of year 3, pupils should be able to read books written at an age-appropriate interest level. They should be able to read them accurately and at a speed that is sufficient for them to focus on understanding what they read rather than ...
- Writing
- Composition

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Errors on slides six and seven have been corrected.
Fix by Paul (Teach Starter) Sep 27th, 2020
Spelling of 'coarse' corrected on slide 22.
Fix by Stephanie (Teach Starter) Jul 1st, 2019
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