English,Roald Dahl, Descriptive writing and literacy effects

Descriptive writing- What is descriptive writing?

• It is a way to write something in detail

• It is a type of drawing technique

• It is descriptive writing

• It is an English technique used by writers to write things in detail

Who is Roald Dahl?

• An actor

• A writer

• A normal person

• A FAMOUS writer

• A cook

What book did Roald Dahl do on his child hood?

(a)  

What book followed Roald Dahl's book on his child hood?

(a)  

What was Roald Dahl's fathers name

• Harald Dahl

• Roald Dahl

• Harold Dahl

• William Dahl

Which is the best word that describes this cat:

He sneaked up on his prey, then without warning, he pounced as fast as the flash.

• Behemoth

• sly

• Dauntless

• extremely fast

Literacy effects - Comparing one thing to another using as or like. What is this?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

The sizzling sausage was cooking as if it was on the sun.

What literacy effects are being used?

• Metaphor

• Tone

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

What is the type of literacy effect that puts an image in the readers head?

(a)  

Personification-what is it?

• consecutive words that start with the same letter

• to repeat something

• Talking about something as if it is a human

• It is the sound of something written as a word