Nature poetry

What is nature?

• All the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people.

• All the buildings, vehicles, built objects etc. in the world and all the artificial, built up and manmade things that happen or exist because of people.

What is a simile?

• Describing something as though it is something else.

• Describing something using the words 'as' or 'like'.

• Describing something non-human using human characteristics.

• Giving human feelings to something non-human, e.g. the weather.

What is a metaphor?

• Describing something as though it is something else.

• Describing something using the words 'as' or 'like'.

• Describing something non-human using human characteristics.

• Giving human feelings to something non-human, e.g. the weather.

What is personification?

• Describing something as though it is something else.

• Describing something using the words 'as' or 'like'.

• Describing something non-human using human characteristics.

• Giving human feelings to something non-human, e.g. the weather.

What is pathetic fallacy?

• Describing something as though it is something else.

• Describing something using the words 'as' or 'like'.

• Describing something non-human using human characteristics.

• Giving human feelings to something non-human, e.g. the weather.

What is an adjective?

• A word used to describe a noun.

• A word to describe an action.

• A word used to identify a person, place or thing.

What is a noun?

• A word used to describe a noun.

• A word to describe an action.

• A word used to identify a person, place or thing.

What is a verb?

• A word used to describe a noun.

• A word to describe an action.

• A word used to identify a person, place or thing.

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of "s" sounds in words close to each other.

• The same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• When a word mimics the sound it names.

• Presenting human feelings using something non-human, e.g. the weather.

What is sibilance?

• The repetition of "s" sounds in words close to each other.

• The same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• When a word mimics the sound it names.

• Presenting human feelings using something non-human, e.g. the weather.