POETIC DEVICES PRACTICE PACK – Maya Angelou
Use this quick and simple pack to provide your students with practice identifying seven different poetic devices found in three of Maya Angelou’s poems.
Poetic Devices Covered:
- PERSONIFICATION
- ONOMATOPOEIA
- ALLITERATION
- HYPERBOLE
- METAPHOR
- ALLUSION
- SIMILE
Poems* Covered:
- Still I Rise
- Caged Bird
- Hopscotch Harlem
*Poems are not included but can all be found in a variety of the poet’s books or online for free at Poetry Foundation.