Poetic Devices Card Sort Activity

This activity challenges KS2 students to match 6 poetic devices with their definitions and examples: Metaphor, Simile, Alliteration, Personification, Hyperbole and Onomatopoeia.
The yellow cards are the definitions, the blue cards contain example sentences and the pink/orange cards are easier example sentences. The white cards can be used as an extension for rapid graspers to create their own example sentences.
This activity should ideally be carried out in small groups to encourage lots of discussion and works well at the start of a poetry unit. A fun follow up activity is to identify some of these poetic devices together in the song Fireworks by Katie Perry.
I have created this card sort for use in Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6. I tend to spread the cards out throughout the classroom to encourage children to move around during the activity, which is especially helpful for students with ADHD.