Language Techniques Analysis Worksheet

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📚 Part 1: Identifying Language Techniques

1. Read the following extract and identify the language techniques used:

"The ancient oak trees stood like silent sentinels, their gnarled branches reaching towards the steel-grey sky like desperate fingers."

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Imagery

2. Which technique is being used in: "The wind whispered secrets through the leaves"?

Alliteration

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

3. Analyse the effect of the metaphor in: "Her words were daggers."

4. Read this extract from a political speech:

"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields..."

a) Identify the language technique: _______________

b) Explain its impact on the audience:

5. Compare the effectiveness of these two descriptions:

A: "The sun was very hot."

B: "The merciless sun scorched the earth beneath."

6. Create your own example of personification to describe a storm:

7. Enhance this basic sentence using two language techniques of your choice:

"The cat sat on the wall."