Language Devices and Features

ALLITERATION
ASSONANCE
CLICHE
COLLOQUIALISM
EMOTIVELANGUAGE
HYPERBOLE
LISTING
METAPHOR
PERSONIFICATION
RHYME
SIMILIE
TONE

A word search using a selection of language features and devices used in poetry and prose.

Try to find all 12 words on this board.

N

A

H

O

T

R

Q

V

F

N

K

O

F

H

K

H

T

T

T

H

X

Y

I

S

F

O

J

W

A

O

C

Y

M

S

A

F

K

E

Y

R

A

Z

W

Q

B

J

T

D

J

I

N

G

F

I

V

M

A

P

R

T

T

E

T

Q

E

P

O

M

K

T

P

E

E

P

Y

B

E

E

J

U

A

C

C

C

F

G

W

F

K

A

D

F

N

E

B

R

M

R

S

T

H

F

L

N

U

D

H

C

Z

R

W

W

E

O

B

O

H

S

V

A

K

D

S

Q

A

X

F

G

J

E

Y

I

R

O

T

Y

U

O

F

G

Y

G

K

V

K

N

B

Y

T

T

L

R

L

I

M

V

J

N

M

K

Q

O

G

X

P

H

O

V

V

I

P

E

V

E

B

K

U

I

O

N

R

E

O

W

C

B

Q

S

M

L

G

E

H

M

K

N

G

F

A

M

D

T

B

Z

F

J

R

I

S

L

L

B

N

I

D

W

J

I

Y

P

O

R

K

M

D

M

S

I

L

A

I

U

Q

O

L

L

O

C

H

Z

D

N

X

W

M

R

W

B

N

O

S

D

Y

Z

D

S

L

A

A

R

N

Q

G

I

T

U

Z

G

T

M

T

V

M

H

M

I

E

T

Q

Q

L

Q

V

Q

E

X

U

Y

V

W

I

S

G

U

C

A

E

I

Q

H

S

J

S

A

N

A

G

K

K

W

N

P

F

H

R

V

G

O

S

E

P

U

I

J

G

C

J

R

X

C

G

T

E

T

X

D

S

N

U

W

S

K

E

E

C

E

A

O

C

M

M

X

V

F

J

X

D

E

H

E

R

O

H

P

A

T

E

M

D

K

D

C

A

Z

M

C

K

K

Y

O

L

I

Y

M

U

K

J

T

W

W

M

D

C

M

M

F

Z

E

G

A

Brought to you by WordSearchFun.com

Answer Key for Language Devices and Features

X

Y

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

N

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

H

2

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

O

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

Y

#

3

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

I

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

P

#

#

4

#

E

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

T

#

E

#

#

#

#

E

E

#

#

5

#

#

C

#

#

#

#

#

#

A

#

#

N

#

#

R

M

R

#

#

6

#

#

#

N

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

E

O

B

O

H

S

#

#

7

#

#

#

#

A

#

#

#

#

E

#

I

#

O

T

Y

#

O

#

#

8

#

#

#

#

#

N

#

#

#

T

L

#

L

I

M

#

#

N

#

#

9

#

#

#

#

#

#

O

#

#

I

#

E

V

E

#

#

#

I

#

#

10

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

S

M

L

#

E

#

#

#

#

#

F

#

#

11

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

I

S

L

L

#

#

#

#

#

#

I

#

#

12

#

#

#

#

#

M

S

I

L

A

I

U

Q

O

L

L

O

C

#

#

13

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

N

#

S

#

#

#

#

#

L

A

#

#

14

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

G

#

#

T

#

#

#

#

I

#

T

#

#

15

#

#

#

#

#

#

U

#

#

#

I

#

#

#

C

#

#

I

#

#

16

#

#

#

#

#

A

#

#

#

#

N

#

#

H

#

#

#

O

#

#

17

#

#

#

#

G

#

#

#

#

#

G

#

E

#

#

#

#

N

#

#

18

#

#

#

E

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

19

R

O

H

P

A

T

E

M

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

20

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	10	12	n
ASSONANCE	10	12	nw
CLICHE	18	12	sw
COLLOQUIALISM	18	12	w
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	11	11	sw
HYPERBOLE	18	3	sw
LISTING	11	11	s
METAPHOR	8	19	w
PERSONIFICATION	18	4	s
RHYME	18	5	sw
SIMILIE	7	12	ne
TONE	15	7	nw