Descriptive Devices and Figurative Language

Match the descriptive device to its correct definition:

• Using the same sounds at the beginning of words.

• Alliteration

• Comparing one thing to another thing using the words 'as' or 'like.'

• Metaphor

• Words that sound like the noise that they describe.

• Simile

• Using the same vowel sounds in nearby words.

• Assonance

• Comparing one thing to another by stating that one thing is the other.

• Onomatopoeia

Which descriptive device is being used in the following example? "As he walked across the beach, he dragged his feet like a lethargic bear."

• Assonance

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Which descriptive device is being used in the following example? "When she realised that danger was approaching, her heart was in her mouth."

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Simile

Which descriptive device is being used in the following example? "He trudged along the trench, his mind still traumatised by what he had seen."

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Which descriptive device is being used in the following example? "The hound howled loudly throughout the night."

• Assonance

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Which descriptive device is being used in the following example? "The kitchen porters banged and clattered all around us."

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Which descriptive device is being used in the following example? "The decaying leaves were withering and dangling from the branches of the trees."

• Metaphor

• Interesting Verbs

• Assonance

• Simile

• Alliteration

Which descriptive device is being used in the following example? "The field felt gigantic, vast and totally open."

• Interesting Adjectives

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

What is the definition of 'Adverbs'?

• Words that add more detail to a verb or adjective. Usually ends in 'ly'

• Exaggerated statements that are not meant to be taken literally

• Giving non-human things human features

• The use of apparently contradictory terms in conjunction.

What is the definition of 'Hyperbole'?

• Words that add more detail to a verb or adjective. Usually ends in 'ly'

• Exaggerated statements that are not meant to be taken literally

• Giving non-human things human features

• The use of apparently contradictory terms in conjunction.