Please see an update to this post at Poetic Devices and Figures of Speech Free Printable Mini-posters. I created brand new printables for this!
Inside our Reference Organizer, you may have noticed the I made a reference minibook of figures of speech or poetic devices. I used a PDF printable I found at Katie Jensen’s Classroom Posters page. [Update: Unfortunately, Katie has removed her freebie from the Internet. I'm sorry. You will have to create your own.] It was a very useful reference as we went through our poetry study. And we pull it out every now and then when we come across a poetic device in our reading.
Look for the Literary Devices Posters. (It’s a great site for free printables, do some peeping over there; you’re sure to find something you like.) To make a minibook, simply change your print settings to print four per page. I hole punched the corner and used a paper fastener to keep it all together. It would work really well on a ring too.
This post is getting loads of hits from Pinterest. Yeah! I feel sort of badly since I didn’t even create these printables. But, Ms. Jensen has no images on her site, so it’s understandable how this post would get pinned instead of the original site where the posters come from. I hope you enjoy her printables. They are really nice.
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That’s a great site, Jimmie! Thanks for the link. Looks like I’d better pick up a new color ink cartridge.
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Great site! I just had my oldest child start working on a literary terms lapbook – the posters will be great. Also, thank you for the awesome tip about printing out four posters to a page to make them smaller. I didn’t know I could do that! I know that tip is going to come in so handy on lots and lots of things I want to print out. Thanks again!
Samantha
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wowza. girlfriend, you such a great homeschool momma!
…sometimes I think that I could be like you if I didn’t have so many distractions! just tell me to dream on. you are too good.
uh huh.
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Thank you Jimmie!! We just got the literary devices printed and laminated… what an awesome resource!! My dd was VERY excited when she found out she’d been using these already, but just wasn’t aware they had names!!
The link doesn’t work any more
I can’t find the copies I printed. Do you know of another good printable?
Thanks
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These are a good idea, however, “a little bit big” and “pretty ugly” aren’t oxymorons. The definition of oxymoron is right, but “little bit” and “pretty” aren’t being used in their forms that are contradictory to “big” an “ugly.” some good examples from Wikipedia are: “Controlled chaos, open secret, organized mess, alone in a crowd, and accidentally on purpose.”
Jimmie,
I am so sad. The literary devices posters were deleted from that site. How can I get a copy of them. I would so love to use them with my eighth graders.
I’m sorry, Ann. I can’t make her put them back up. (ha ha) Maybe make your children create their own?
Jimmie, this is such a great idea and cute resource. Would you be able to list the devices so that it would be easier to create my own? Thanks!
If you Google “poetic devices posters”, the first link that pops up is a free download from Teachaid. They are not quite as cute but they are the same idea.