Question 2 Imagery Visually descriptive or figurative language

Question 2: Imagery Visually descriptive or figurative language Exam Focus: Question 2 Key Words: imagery (similes, metaphors, personification) Which techniques below would most likely create imagery? Paragraphs Punctuation Repetition Similes Personification Short sentences Rhyme First person perspective Speech Rhetorical questions Metaphors

Question 2: Imagery Visually descriptive or figurative language Exam Focus: Question 2 Key Words: imagery (similes, metaphors, personification) Which techniques below would most likely create imagery? Paragraphs Punctuation Repetition Similes Personification Short sentences Rhyme First person perspective Speech Rhetorical questions Metaphors

Exam Focus: Question 2 Key Words: imagery (similes, metaphors, personification) Technique Definition Your own example Simile Metaphor Personification 1. Write the definitions into the correct boxes. something e is g in th e m o s g Sayin lse. Giving inanima te objects hum an attributes A comparison of two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’ 2. Come up with your own example to describe these images. 3. Begin to read through the extract and highlight any effective use of imagery.

1. Read through the extract, highlighting any examples of imagery. 2. Just like we did for War Horse, choose a phrase and explore the connotations of specific words. 3. Write a paragraph answering the question: how does the writer use language to describe the bombs going off? You should include the following: ü ü The writer’s uses of imagery A quotation which uses imagery Analysis of the simile, metaphor or personification The effect of the choice of language on the reader

Mark Scheme for Language Paper 1 Q 2 Self Assessment: I have improved my ability to answer question 2 by… Today I think I have achieved a level … because…

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This is an extract from The Book Thief. Death is remembering when he saw a girl during a bombing.