Descriptive Techniques Blockbuster Quiz!!

A describing word. Sometimes there are three together to make them more effective.

• adjective

• verb

• noun

• adverb

A word that describes how a verb is done.

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Giving something non-human characteristics that are human.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• pathetic fallacy

Repetition of the sound "s" which creates a hissing effect.

• simile

• imagery

• sibilance

• alliteration

A doing/ action word e.g. to walk, to run etc.

• noun

• adverb

• adjective

• verb

Something that is similar; it is "like" or "as"something else

e.g. The Moon is like a white balloon in the sky.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• adjective

Words that sound like the noise they are trying to describe.

• verb

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• pathetic fallacy

An description in which the writer refers to one thing as being another.

e.g. The Moon is a white balloon in the sky.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• pathetic fallacy

This is two or more words in a sentence beginning with the same letter or sound.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• imagery

• sibilance

When a character's mood is reflected in the atmosphere, weather or inanimate objects

e.g. A storm gathering may suggest that a character is angry.

• simile

• pathetic fallacy

• imagery

• personification