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.

A

C

P

A

V

L

A

E

Q

N

A

A

F

T

H

O

J

S

Z

L

C

G

I

W

P

V

N

W

K

O

B

A

E

R

V

O

P

A

F

O

U

H

R

M

X

F

P

G

A

I

J

E

L

O

B

R

E

P

Y

H

E

N

F

S

U

C

O

Y

X

T

R

D

C

F

N

I

Y

E

N

B

U

U

A

U

H

R

Q

V

D

A

M

Z

E

T

F

M

M

R

B

B

I

M

L

M

T

O

E

G

X

R

P

S

N

K

Y

O

H

S

F

X

T

Z

Y

T

Z

H

I

A

C

E

Q

E

N

O

T

Y

A

O

N

D

T

Y

K

U

P

P

L

V

A

T

L

U

T

I

M

Q

A

N

P

M

I

K

I

O

L

A

I

L

W

I

C

J

V

E

D

L

O

I

G

Q

Q

C

Q

Y

B

T

M

J

E

L

K

E

R

Z

F

N

W

F

U

C

N

H

R

W

N

E

I

Z

K

L

L

M

J

E

E

A

I

I

L

I

T

K

T

P

F

M

S

I

L

A

I

U

Q

O

L

L

O

C

C

Z

Q

D

I

C

M

S

F

P

N

S

S

Q

E

O

A

S

L

A

F

M

Y

F

F

Q

Z

E

T

G

U

S

T

T

B

O

L

I

H

T

M

R

S

H

F

R

F

F

U

I

G

O

I

X

M

Y

C

B

X

I

D

X

X

G

K

V

C

A

R

H

X

N

N

M

T

H

W

J

Z

O

L

B

Z

D

H

I

G

L

W

L

E

A

G

S

E

N

R

Y

J

N

F

O

L

X

E

E

U

J

M

L

R

N

V

L

T

X

B

V

M

Q

V

T

V

Y

A

A

Z

T

T

X

S

C

U

X

R

O

L

C

J

E

K

H

K

F

M

Z

I

I

D

S

E

E

N

W

V

E

O

I

L

M

V

U

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

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

N

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

2

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

O

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

3

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

I

#

E

L

O

B

R

E

P

Y

H

4

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

T

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

E

#

#

5

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

#

A

#

#

#

#

#

#

M

R

#

#

6

#

#

#

#

#

O

E

#

#

R

#

#

#

#

#

O

H

S

#

#

7

#

#

#

#

#

H

I

#

#

E

#

E

N

O

T

Y

#

O

#

#

8

#

#

#

#

#

P

L

#

#

T

#

#

#

I

M

#

#

N

#

#

9

#

#

#

#

#

A

I

#

#

I

#

#

V

E

#

#

#

I

#

#

10

#

#

#

#

#

T

M

#

#

L

#

E

#

#

#

#

#

F

#

#

11

#

#

#

#

#

E

I

#

#

L

L

#

#

#

#

#

#

I

#

#

12

#

#

#

#

#

M

S

I

L

A

I

U

Q

O

L

L

O

C

#

#

13

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

N

S

S

#

#

#

#

#

L

A

#

#

14

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

G

#

S

T

#

#

#

#

I

#

T

#

#

15

#

#

#

#

#

#

U

#

#

O

I

#

#

#

C

#

#

I

#

#

16

#

#

#

#

#

A

#

#

#

N

N

#

#

H

#

#

#

O

#

#

17

#

#

#

#

G

#

#

#

#

A

G

#

E

#

#

#

#

N

#

#

18

#

#

#

E

#

#

#

#

#

N

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

19

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

C

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

20

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

E

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	10	12	n
ASSONANCE	10	12	s
CLICHE	18	12	sw
COLLOQUIALISM	18	12	w
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	11	11	sw
HYPERBOLE	18	3	w
LISTING	11	11	s
METAPHOR	6	12	n
PERSONIFICATION	18	4	s
RHYME	18	5	sw
SIMILIE	7	12	n
TONE	15	7	w