Hatchet Literary Elements

After you've finished reading Hatchet, or after finishing a chapter, ask your students to complete a literary element scavenger hunt! Give them a list of elements or devices to find and have them create a storyboard that depicts and explains the use of each in the story! They will have an absolute blast and earn mastery of the words when they are completed.

Possible literary elements include:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• allusion
• alliteration
• foreshadowing
• flashback
• analogy
• irony
• mood

Student Instructions

Create a storyboard that shows different literary elements from Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.

1. Review your list of literary elements.
2. Look for three examples of literary elements from the text.
3. Illustrate each example using a combination of scenes, characters, and items.
4. Type in a description of what the literary element does to enhance Hatchet.