✈️ Part 1: Literary Techniques in Flight Writing

1. Which literary technique is used in this sentence: "The plane's wings sliced through the air like a silver knife through silk"?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Alliteration

2. Identify the personification in: "The wind whispered secrets to the soaring eagle as it danced between the clouds."

3. Which techniques are present in this phrase: "Graceful gliders glide through golden sunbeams"? (Select all that apply)

Alliteration

Imagery

Metaphor

Personification

4. Complete this metaphor about flight: "The helicopter was ________________, hovering protectively over the rescue scene."

a guardian angel

flying quickly

making loud noises

very expensive

📝 Part 2: Creative Flight Writing

5. Write a detailed sentence describing a bird's flight using a simile. Your sentence should paint a vivid picture for the reader.

Example: The falcon dove like a lightning bolt piercing the storm clouds.

6. Create a sentence about an aeroplane using personification. Give the aircraft human qualities or emotions.

Hint: Think about what the plane might "feel" or "do" as if it were alive.

7. Write a sentence using alliteration (repeated starting sounds) to describe something flying. Include at least four words that start with the same sound.

Example: Busy bees buzzed busily between the blossoming branches.

8. Create a metaphor comparing a hot air balloon to something else entirely. Write your comparison in a complete, descriptive sentence.

🎨 Part 3: Descriptive Flight Paragraph

9. Write a detailed paragraph (4-6 sentences) describing a flight experience from the perspective of either a pilot, passenger, or bird. You must include:

Required elements:

• At least one simile

• At least one example of imagery (appealing to the senses)

• One instance of personification OR metaphor

10. After writing your paragraph, identify and label the literary techniques you used by writing them in the space below: