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Grade 7 Literary Devices Worksheet with Answers

Grade 7 (US) · Year 8 (UK) · Class 7 (India) · English

Unit 7: Going FurtherAdvanced: Grade 8 PreviewCCSS L.8.5aAdvanced

Recognising devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, hyperbole and irony in short examples. This free middle school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Literary Devices

Grade 7 · English

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Learning goal: Advanced: Grade 8 Preview · CCSS L.8.5a

Directions: Identify the literary device:

Example

Identify the literary device: "Her voice was music to his ears."

Answer: metaphor

RememberFigurative language

Similecompares using like / asas busy as a beeMetaphorsays one thing IS anotherthe classroom was a zooPersonificationhuman traits for thingsthe wind whisperedHyperbolehuge exaggerationI could sleep for a yearAlliterationsame first soundslippery silver snakesOnomatopoeiaa word that is a soundbuzz, crash, pop
  1. 1

    The wind whispered through the trees.

  2. 2

    The classroom was a zoo.

  3. 3

    It was a deafening silence.

  4. 4

    The baby slept like a log.

  5. 5

    The warm, golden sand crunched under our bare feet as salt spray stung our faces.

  6. 6

    The old car coughed and wheezed up the hill.

  7. 7

    I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

  8. 8

    Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

  9. 9

    This bag weighs a ton.

  10. 10

    The dark clouds gathered as the heroes set out on their journey.

  11. 11

    Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

  12. 12

    The fire station burned down.

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Answer key (click to show)
  1. 1.personification
  2. 2.metaphor
  3. 3.oxymoron
  4. 4.simile
  5. 5.imagery
  6. 6.personification
  7. 7.hyperbole
  8. 8.alliteration
  9. 9.hyperbole
  10. 10.foreshadowing
  11. 11.alliteration
  12. 12.situational irony
  13. ★a map (challenge corner)

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