📚 Part 1: Identifying Descriptive Techniques

1. Read this travel writing extract:

"The ancient castle perched on the cliff like a sleeping giant, whilst the waves below whispered secrets to the rocky shore. The salty air danced through my hair as seagulls cried their haunting melodies overhead."

Which descriptive techniques can you identify? Tick all that apply:

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Sensory language

Alliteration

2. "The market buzzed like a beehive" is an example of:

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Alliteration

3. Which sentence uses personification?

The mountain was as tall as a skyscraper

The city streets sang with excitement

The beach was a golden carpet

The hotel was extremely comfortable

4. Complete this sentence with a simile:

The busy train station was like ________________________.

✏️ Part 2: Analysing Effects

5. Explain how the phrase "the waves whispered secrets" helps the reader imagine the scene:

6. Why might a travel writer use sensory language (describing what they see, hear, smell, feel, taste)?

7. Read this sentence: "The cobbled streets stretched endlessly through the sleepy village."

Rewrite it using personification to make the streets seem more alive:

🎨 Part 3: Creative Application

8. Choose a place you have visited or would like to visit. Write a descriptive paragraph (4-5 sentences) using at least TWO different techniques from today's lesson.

Techniques to choose from: simile, metaphor, personification, sensory language, alliteration

9. Which two techniques did you use in your paragraph above?

Technique 1: _________________ Technique 2: _________________