Language+to+Use+in+Fairytales

TASK After reading each example of the "Figures of Speech" you are to add at least 2 more examples to show that you understand their meanings. __ Put your additions in blue. __

__Similes Comparing one thing as being like another using "as" or "like"__ e.g. She was brave as a lion. He was as silly as a chook. His face felt like sandpit.

__Metaphors Making comparisons between two thing not using **Like**__ e.g.She has a heart of stone The man barked out the instructions.

__Onomatopoeia - using sounds in your writing to create efftect.__ e.g.crackle, splat, ooze, squish, boom The pitter-patter of rain The mud squished and oozed through my toes

__Personification - Gives your writing the qualities of a human__ e.g. The steel beam clenched its muscles The clouds limped across the sky The pebbles on the path were grey with grief

__Alliteration​ - using repeated sounds__ e.g round and round the ragged rocks the shells on the sea shore