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Year 7 · English

Develop Awareness Of Literary And Rhetorical Devices

Year 7 learners practise rhetorical devices and figurative language.

The activities include Identify Emotive Language, Identify Fact and Opinion, Identify Figurative Language, and related practice. The checked support below includes teach, video, teaching, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Identify Emotive Language
  • Identify Fact and Opinion
  • Identify Figurative Language
  • Identify Similes and Metaphors
  • Recognise Rhetorical Questions and Repetition

Checked learning resources

  • Analysing Emotive Language Lesson Pack Bundle

    Twinkl · Teach · Account may be required

    This KS3/KS4 bundle introduces emotive language, asks students to identify it in non-fiction texts and supports analysis of its effect on readers.

  • Political Speeches Lesson 2: Persuasive Devices

    Twinkl · Teach · Account may be required

    This KS3 English lesson uses political speech extracts to identify, analyse and apply persuasive devices including emotive language, rhetorical questions, emphasis and repetition.

  • Recognising Similes and Metaphors

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Year 7 transition video identifying similes and metaphors and explaining their effect; used within the exact focus on similes, metaphors, personification and hyperbole.

  • Figurative language: hyperbole, similes and metaphors

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    An English article on how to use figurative language such as hyperbole, similes and metaphors effectively.

  • Figurative Language Reference Guides Pack

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Teaching and practice guides covering similes, metaphors, personification and hyperbole, imagery, hyperbole and effects on the reader in descriptive writing.

  • The fundamentals of effective discussion

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 English resource matched to rhetorical devices and figurative language.

  • Poetry about place and home

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 English resource matched to rhetorical devices and figurative language.

  • Reading poetry

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 English resource matched to rhetorical devices and figurative language.