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Language Devices

Language Devices. All: To develop ideas suited to a form of writing (WAF1 – L5) Most: To explain how an effect has been created (RAF6 – L6). Create this table in your book. Simile = A simile is when you compare one thing to another using the words ‘ as ’ or ‘ like ’.

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Language Devices

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  1. Language Devices All: To develop ideas suited to a form of writing (WAF1 – L5) Most: To explain how an effect has been created (RAF6 – L6)

  2. Create this table in your book

  3. Simile = A simile is when you compare one thing to another using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’ The mixture is as sticky as toffee. She moves like a dancer. ‘hard and clear like an equestrian statue upon its pedestal’ ‘glimmered like a ghost’

  4. Make up your own… • The moon glowed like . . . . . . • His face was as red as…….. • Raindrops dripped down the window pane like . . . . . . • Smoke floated on the air like . . . . . . • The air smells as fresh as . . . . . .

  5. Copy this table into your books

  6. Metaphor = when one thing is compared to another • A shark’s restaurant • A lion’s roar • A quilt of blue • ‘slanting rays of low sun turning the streams to threads of gold’ • ‘Deathly silence’ • ‘the very dead of night’

  7. Make up your own… The dark is … The sun is… The trees are……

  8. Personification = when inanimate (not moving/living) objects are given the qualities or actions of a living person or creature. • ‘The dilapidated house appeared depressed. • My computer throws a fit every time I try to use it. • Time flew and before we knew it, it was time to go home. • The popcorn leapt out of the bowl. Can you think of any?

  9. Pathetic fallacy = similar to personification only applied to the nature. • Angry clouds • Acruel wind • The stars danced playfully in a moonlit sky. • The flowers waltzed in the gentle breeze. Your turn A ………….. sky/tree/wave…

  10. Alliteration = Is the repetition of consonant sounds near each other: • sweet smell of success • bigger and better • jump for joy • ‘sinking sun’ • ‘foaming the fantastic surges’ Can you think of any?

  11. Onomatopoeia means a word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing. • Plop went the penny in the water. • My cola fizzed in the glass. • Splash went my friend in the stream. • The snake hissed. • The train went choochoo! • The birds are cawing. Can you think of any?

  12. Oxymoron = words close together that have opposite meanings • We’re alone together • The living dead • It’s the same difference • She’s pretty ugly • He gave him a head butt • It was like a silent scream

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