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Literacy · 7th Grade
Literary Devices
Sixteen devices grouped by what they do — sound, meaning, structure.
How to use it
Naming the device is half a mark. Saying its effect is the other half.
Free · print-ready PDF · US Letter and A4
- Grade
- 7th Grade
- Ages
- 12–13
- Subject
- Literacy
- Pages
- 1
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Argument Essay FrameClaim, evidence, reasoning, counterclaim, rebuttal — with sentence stems.Ethos, Pathos, LogosThe three ways any argument tries to persuade you.Active and Passive VoiceWho is doing the verb, and why hiding them is sometimes deliberate.Theme, Plot and ConflictThree words for three different things, constantly confused.Citing Textual EvidenceQuoting properly, and the analysis that has to follow it.Academic Word RootsTwelve roots that carry the vocabulary of every subject.Summarising Non-FictionObjective, short, and covering the whole text — three demands at once.Transition WordsThe words that show the reader how two ideas are related.Paraphrasing and PlagiarismUsing someone's idea honestly — and where the line actually is.Solving ProportionsTwo equal ratios, and the cross-multiplication that solves them.Constant of ProportionalityThe single number that turns one quantity into the other, every time.