These documents contain examples of the 20 most commonly used language
devices within narrative texts:

1. Adjectives (categories)
2. Adjectives (upgrades)
3. Adjectives (post modifying)
4. Adverbs of degree
5. Adverbs of frequency
6. Adverbs of manner
7. Adverbs of place
8. Adverbs of time (regular and suspenseful)
9. Alliteration
10. Appositives
11. Connectors
12. Idioms
13. Lexical cohesion
14. Mental verbs
15. Upgraded verbs
16. Onomatopoeia
17. Personification
18. Proper nouns
19. Upgraded nouns
20. Similes and metaphors

These can be disseminated to students as you teach each one; they can glue them
into their work books and use them as references when writing.