The boy was sad:
The boy’s lower lip quivered and tears spilled over his eyelids. Silent salty tears trickled down his cheeks and fell off his chin. If you looked into his ocean blue eyes at that very moment you would see a thick fog of grief pass over them and settle in the centre. But you wouldn’t have gotten the chance, as his head was bowed too low so no one could see his pain. The boy was sad.
It was a stormy night:
The children in the backseat watched the rain drops race down the cars windows. Lightning flashed outside in the shape of a fork and they counted how far away the center of the storm was. One second is one kilometre until the thunder comes. Suddenly the thunder roared so loud it would make a lion cower with fear and embarrassment. The roar died down until all you could hear was the pitter patter of the rain on the car roof.
Select the right word of the four below to complete each example of a literary technique.
1. The girl was shaking like a leaf.
2. The boy slept like a log.
3. The children crept as quietly as mice.
4. The icicle shone like the sun
Quietly, shaking, slept, sun
Metaphors describe something by saying it is something else.
1. The sun was a flaming golf ball in the sky.
2. The bear was a furry giant.
3. The teacher was an erupting volcano, exploding with lava.
4. Her hair was a silky blanket.
Giant, hair, flaming, erupting
Personification is giving an object human features or characteristics.
1. The wind whistled through the trees.
2. The daffodils nodded their yellow bonnets in the wind.
3. The refreshing pool cooled the holidaymakers.
4. The teapots danced on the shelves during the earthquake.
Yellow, teapots, cooled, whistled