POETIC DEVICES PRACTICE PACK – William Shakespeare
Use this quick and simple pack to provide your students with practice identifying seven different poetic devices found in three of William Shakespeare’s poems.
Poetic Devices Covered:
- PERSONIFICATION
- ONOMATOPOEIA
- ALLITERATION
- HYPERBOLE
- METAPHOR
- ALLUSION
- SIMILE
Poems* Covered:
- All the World’s a Stage
- The Phoenix and the Turtle
- Love Sonnet 18
*Poems are not included but can all be found in a variety of the poet’s books or online for free at Poetry Foundation.