ELA Anchor Charts · Figurative Language, Character Traits, Text Structures & More

Looking for a figurative language anchor chart? Get six full-page ELA anchor charts for reading and writing, ready to print and post.

WHAT'S INSIDE (21-page printable PDF)
- Figurative Language: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration and idiom, each with an original example
- Character Traits: traits vs. feelings and four ways to find clues
- Character Trait Word Bank: positive, negative and other traits, plus feeling words
- Text Structures: description, sequence, compare and contrast, cause and effect, problem and solution, with signal words
- Transition Words: 8 groups, from "to begin" to "to wrap up"
- Nonfiction Text Features: 12 features with simple pictures
- Half-page student notebook version of every chart (2 per sheet)
- Teacher how-to page
- Full-page posters in a full-Color edition and a Printer-Friendly edition that uses outlines instead of color fills (notebook halves are printer-friendly)

WHY TEACHERS LIKE IT
- Bright, clean posters that are easy to read from across the room
- Notebook halves match the posters, so students keep the same chart at their desks
- Print on letter paper or enlarge at a print shop

WHO IT'S FOR
- Grades 1-5 classrooms, reading and writing centers
- Interactive notebooks and test review
- Homeschool and tutoring

Supports CCSS L.4.5, L.5.5, RL.3.3, RI.3.8, RI.4.5, RI.5.5, RI.1.5-RI.3.5 and W.3.2.C-W.5.2.C.