Language Devices and Features

ALLITERATION
ASSONANCE
CLICHE
COLLOQUIALISM
EMOTIVELANGUAGE
HYPERBOLE
LISTING
METAPHOR
PERSONIFICATION
RHYME
SIMILIE
TONE

A word search using a selection of language features and devices used in poetry and prose.

Try to find all 12 words on this board.

X

P

G

B

B

G

B

B

R

H

K

W

I

G

T

Z

K

G

Y

C

H

L

J

R

U

L

V

Z

V

Q

G

F

P

Y

Y

A

N

V

Q

P

R

Y

Y

S

E

E

A

R

I

P

N

S

N

H

B

K

Y

B

C

Z

Q

G

P

E

R

S

O

N

I

F

I

C

A

T

I

O

N

P

G

E

C

O

D

E

M

H

E

J

A

B

J

O

X

E

H

C

I

L

C

Q

P

O

S

B

R

O

Y

F

J

Z

S

L

L

K

W

A

N

N

R

Z

X

K

N

D

F

B

T

M

N

E

Q

L

Y

B

H

Y

A

Z

R

Y

U

E

E

Y

A

P

O

I

E

L

I

O

I

T

D

N

Z

B

B

F

M

D

S

E

N

K

N

L

V

P

Y

Q

A

A

O

G

J

E

C

T

V

P

Y

Y

K

H

E

J

E

E

W

U

V

S

H

T

I

B

G

L

P

L

D

D

G

N

I

T

S

I

L

I

S

N

J

L

B

R

Y

X

N

O

I

T

A

R

E

T

I

L

L

A

A

D

I

F

A

U

N

E

P

B

S

H

F

F

F

Y

B

Q

A

L

N

M

H

M

E

W

M

D

O

C

D

S

A

K

V

G

D

A

S

I

I

G

Y

T

R

B

S

P

B

P

V

V

O

S

K

K

F

O

G

S

K

W

U

P

W

G

P

S

S

F

U

S

R

O

H

P

A

T

E

M

N

H

Z

A

V

Q

G

P

J

E

W

Q

X

U

T

I

E

A

E

F

Z

U

Q

B

G

X

C

A

F

T

F

T

U

T

U

R

W

U

V

Z

K

L

P

D

J

E

D

Q

Q

W

E

R

O

W

H

W

F

F

W

O

G

L

I

W

B

E

C

O

Z

M

K

Y

N

O

U

U

R

H

L

K

K

F

X

Q

H

T

P

C

Brought to you by WordSearchFun.com

Answer Key for Language Devices and Features

X

Y

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

2

H

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

3

#

Y

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

4

#

#

P

E

R

S

O

N

I

F

I

C

A

T

I

O

N

#

#

E

5

#

#

#

E

M

H

#

#

#

#

#

O

#

E

H

C

I

L

C

#

6

#

#

#

#

R

O

Y

#

#

#

#

L

#

#

#

#

#

N

#

#

7

#

#

#

#

#

B

T

M

#

#

#

L

#

#

#

#

A

#

#

#

8

#

#

#

#

#

#

O

I

E

#

#

O

#

#

#

N

#

#

#

#

9

#

#

#

#

#

#

N

L

V

#

#

Q

#

#

O

#

#

E

#

#

10

#

#

#

#

#

#

E

#

E

E

#

U

#

S

#

#

I

#

#

#

11

#

#

#

#

G

N

I

T

S

I

L

I

S

#

#

L

#

#

#

#

12

N

O

I

T

A

R

E

T

I

L

L

A

#

#

I

#

#

#

#

#

13

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

L

N

M

#

#

#

#

#

#

14

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

I

I

G

#

#

#

#

#

#

15

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

S

#

#

U

#

#

#

#

#

16

#

#

#

#

R

O

H

P

A

T

E

M

#

#

#

A

#

#

#

#

17

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

G

#

#

#

18

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

E

#

#

19

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

20

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	12	12	w
ASSONANCE	12	12	ne
CLICHE	19	5	w
COLLOQUIALISM	12	4	s
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	11	11	se
HYPERBOLE	3	4	se
LISTING	11	11	w
METAPHOR	12	16	w
PERSONIFICATION	4	4	e
RHYME	5	4	se
SIMILIE	12	15	ne
TONE	7	7	s