Being able to identify figures of speech and writing techniques is important in close reading, but students rarely study and practice techniques in isolation. This series of printable task sheets gives senior students and gifted/talented students practice in some of the major figures of speech and writing techniques. Each number in the Writing Techniques Series can be used as a stand-alone lesson, or as part of a term-long study in writing style. The task sheets comprise:
An explanation of the technique
Substantial examples of the technique in poetry and prose
Writing tasks which follow Bloom's Taxonomy