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.

D R A B L W W C B R X N M K N G C Z N K
Z Z T B K M D L Y J L O R K L T B J A E
O H Y P E R B O L E P I X W S D C O B S
Q S Q E K H Q P Y E Y T V Z R F B X F E
E V C R M S X B N B J A Z X T K M B C G
Y N Z S H O Z O E G M R C N S F I N S L
U E B O S Y T D U I K E C Z M X A P V X
D O J N L L M I Q P L T U Q S N C K Z H
U S I I C F U E V L A I T G O Q D Q N O
Z O L F Y M H N M E E L M S N B J I Z G
W B I I A F T B D C L L S I O E N S Y Z
M A J C O L L O Q U I A L I S M P O O M
D C D A L C V C R U S S N O U J F L E E
A Y F T D I R B U S T X L G Y J S H P T
D K R I S J C J F Y I F L O U N F K Y A
H O D O J R X H T N N H D S M A E K C P
D C Q N N B O W E M G G L H R V G K V H
F L G E F A T I W D J Q G F U V H E V O
V N T N C O D V U U J M H I H Q I W I R
U F W K G W D A F W W D Y S V R Q I R B
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Answer Key for Language Devices and Features

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1# # # # # # # # # # # N # # # # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # # # # O # # # # # # # #
3# H Y P E R B O L E # I # # # # # # # #
4# # # E # # # # # E # T # # # # # # # E
5# # # R M # # # N # # A # # # # # # C #
6# # # S H O # O E # # R # # # # # N # #
7# # # O # Y T # # I # E # # # # A # # #
8# # # N # # M I # # L T # # # N # # # #
9# # # I # # # E V # # I # # O # # # # #
10# # # F # # # # # E # L M S # # # # # #
11# # # I # # # # # # L L S I # # # # # #
12# # # C O L L O Q U I A L I S M # # # M
13# # # A L # # # # # S # N # # # # # # E
14# # # T # I # # # # T # # G # # # # # T
15# # # I # # C # # # I # # # U # # # # A
16# # # O # # # H # # N # # # # A # # # P
17# # # N # # # # E # G # # # # # G # # H
18# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # E # O
19# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # R
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  1212n
ASSONANCE  1212ne
CLICHE  412se
COLLOQUIALISM  412e
EMOTIVELANGUAGE  1111se
HYPERBOLE  43e
LISTING  1111s
METAPHOR  2012s
PERSONIFICATION  44s
RHYME  45se
SIMILIE  1512nw
TONE  77ne