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Poetry terms word search with literary devices like metaphor, personification, and onomatopoeia.
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This 20-word poetry terms word search covers essential literary devices for middle school English classes. Hidden words span figurative language (metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification), sound devices (alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia), and sensory imagery (auditory, gustatory, olfactory, tactile, visual). Use it as a vocabulary review before teaching poetry, a warm-up activity, or an independent study handout.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Poetry
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated December 2023

Word List

  • ALLITERATION
  • ALLUSION
  • ASSONANCE
  • AUDITORY
  • CONNOTATION
  • CONSONANCE
  • DENOTATION
  • GUSTATORY
  • HYPERBOLE
  • IRONY
  • METAPHOR
  • OLFACTORY
  • ONOMATOPOEIA
  • PARADOX
  • PARALLELISM
  • PERSONIFICATION
  • REFRAIN
  • SIMILE
  • TACTILE
  • VISUAL

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