Part 1: Choose Your Poem
Select one of the following poems to complete this assignment. Highlight your selected poem.
• “George Gray” by Edgar Lee Masters
• “Hidden Gems” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
• “Wind” by Gwendolyn Bennett




Locate three figurative language devices in your poem. Use the devices to complete this chart.
• alliteration • idiom • onomatopoeia
• allusion • meiosis • personification
• hyperbole • metaphor • simile

Figurative Language Device
Which figurative language device is used? Line from Poem
Copy and paste the line from the poem where the device is used. Meaning
Explain the meaning of the figurative language in your own words. What does the device add to the poem?