Literary Technique Worksheets

Literary techniques are tools that writers use to add depth and beauty to their work. Students are often tested on their knowledge of literary techniques. These worksheets will help your students recognize and appreciate literary techniques.

Here are some literary techniques:

You may also be interested in figurative language worksheets that cover things like simile, metaphor, and personification.

Alliteration Worksheet
Here's a peachy, skateboard-themed worksheet on alliteration. Students read the prose. Then they identify examples of alliteration and circle the alliterative words.
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Allusion Worksheet
Here's a spell-binding worksheet on allusion. Students read sentences with allusions in them. They circle the allusions. Then they explain their answers.
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Consonance Worksheet
Here is the best consonance worksheet ever made. It has six sentences rich with consonance and an example. Students identify and explain how consonance is being used in each sentence.
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Foreshadowing Worksheet
Here's the world's greatest foreshadowing worksheet. Students read the short, simple narrative paragraphs. They circle or underline examples of foreshadowing. Then they predict what will happen.
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Flashback Worksheet
Here's is the perfect flashback worksheet for your students. They will read very short stories that contain a flashback. They will separate events from the story into past events and present events.
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Idiom Worksheet
Here is a fantastic worksheet on idioms. Students read context-rich sentences. The sentences have bolded idioms. Students then figure out and explain what the idioms mean.
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Imagery Worksheet
Here is a very gnarly worksheet on imagery. Students read sentences and underline examples of imagery. Then they explain which senses the writer used.
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Onomatopoeia Worksheet
Here's an explosive onomatopoeia worksheet. Students read the sentences and underline examples of onomatopoeia. Then they explain what made the noise.
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Symbolism Worksheet
Here is the only worksheet on symbolism that you will ever need. Students read the short passages. They identify the object that represents an idea. Then they explain what idea the object represents.
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