📚 English · Reading Comprehension
Figurative Language and Literary Devices
Determine the meaning of figurative and connotative language in context, analyse the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, and identify literary devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, allusion, and irony
Typical age: 11–14 years
“When your child reads a passage containing a metaphor, irony, or allusion, can they explain what the author really meant — going beyond the literal words to describe the effect that device creates for the reader?”
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- Poetic forms and conventionsREQUIRED
Analysing poetic technique requires understanding figurative language and word choice
- Advanced Figurative LanguageREQUIRED
Advanced figurative language analysis requires the reading skill of analysing word choice in context
- Writing Techniques for EffectREQUIRED
Using literary devices in writing requires recognising them in reading first