KS3 / GCSE / A-LEVEL - Interactive Starter Activity - Poetic Features Devices Dominoes - Key Terms

GREAT 10-MINUTE STARTER TO CEMENT THE FOLLOWING KEY TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS:
Alliteration
Assonance
Enjambment
Content
Emotive language
Form/
Structure
Imagery
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
End-stopped line
Rhyme
Simile
Stanza
Tone
Voice
Symbol
Rhythm
Personification
Mood

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACTIVITY:
Cut out these dominoes and laminate them (optional). Give individuals or pairs one domino, including you, the teacher.

You begin by reading out the definition on the yellow side of your card. The student who has the term on the blue side of their card that matches with your definition then puts up their hand and says their term out loud. They then read aloud the definition on the yellow side of their card. All class members will have to listen carefully to see if their term matches with the definition they’ve just heard, and so the game continues until it goes full circle, every student has spoken, and you eventually hear the definition that matches with the term on the blue side of your card.

Essentially, you’re playing a large game of dominoes, where students have to match key terms with definitions they hear. Depending on your group’s knowledge/ability, you may work altogether to match up the terms with definitions, or, alternatively, you may decide to play this as an actual dominoes game on the floor.

This is a great 10-minute starter that really helps students to remember key terms and their definitions.