Creative Writing Techniques

Question 1

Alliteration

Definition & e.g.

Answer 1

D - Repetition of consonant sounds

E.g - Flying high the free falcon flew fast & franticly

Question 2

Assonance

Definition & e.g.

Answer 2

D - Repetition of vowel sounds

E.g - You’ve only got one chance

Question 3

Metaphor

Definition & e.g.

Answer 3

D - Comparisons saying that two things are the same

E.g - The cotton wool lamb bounced along the fence line

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Definition & e.g.

Answer 4

D - When the sound of a word imitates its meaning

E.g - Kerplunk went the rock as it hit the surface of the water

Question 5

Personification

Definition & e.g.

Answer 5

D - When a non-human or non-living thing is given human/living characteristics
E.g - The chilly hand of dread walked up the spine of the frightened child

Question 6

Rhyme

Definition & e.g.

Answer 6

D - The repetition of similar sounds at the end of words

E.g - It was a wet day when May tried to cut the hay

Question 7

Simile

Definition & e.g.

Answer 7

D - A phrase that compares two similar things using like or as
E.g - The rain is like God watering his garden