Descriptive Techniques

When a character's mood is reflected in the atmosphere, weather, or inanimate objects. e.g. A storm gathering might suggest that a character is angry.

• pathetic fallacy

• imagery

• symbolism

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When an object/colour represents an idea.

E.g. a dove can represent peace, red can represent anger.

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This is two (or more) words in a row beginning with the same letter.

E.g. The waves washed against the white shore.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• sibilance

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that sound like the noise they are trying to describe.
e.g. snap, bang, crackle, zip, buzz

• onomatopoeia

• verb

• metaphor

• pathetic fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Repetition of the ‘s’ sound which creates a hissing effect.

e.g. Sing a song of sixpence

• sibilance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

'The beast spewed hot lava from its throat.' What technique is used here to describe the volcano?

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Rhyme

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

'It felt like being trapped in a blizzard of ash.' Name the technique used here.

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

'The smoke from the volcano made my eyes sting and my throat sore.' Choose the best word to describe this smoke.

• Sweet

• Fragrant

• Acrid

• Fresh

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Identify the "most" descriptive sentence.

• I can hear the birds chirping.

• The soothing call of birds played in the background as the trees danced.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The wind was like a piercing arrow. 

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4