Planning a stormy scene

English

In this unit, pupils apply ambitious weather vocabulary in a range of figurative settings. In 'Poetry Inspired by Weather', pupils will analyse a range of poems that include ambitious weather vocabulary.

In 'Weather: Cloudy, Dark and Rainy Words', pupils learnt a range of ambitious vocabulary for different weathers. In this unit, pupils will apply ambitious weather vocabulary in a range of figurative settings.

Weather: descriptive writing

Which of the following words has the same meaning as ‘windy'?

Which expanded noun phrase best describes thunder in a storm?

Match each noun to the appropriate personification.

a technique that starts with a complex idea that gradually gets more simple

a technique that paints a big picture first then gradually hones in on details

a technique that starts with a narrow idea that widens

Match the noun with its corresponding descriptive vocabulary. 

Which are examples of figurative language?

a device that gives human qualities and characteristics to non-human ideas

a device that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

a direct comparison between two unlike things

The wind howled like a banshee in the night.

What is the definition of personification?

The rain made a pitter patter sound on the roof.

Which of these is an example of personification?

The rain fell like a cascade of silver bullets.

Match the linguistic device to its example.

Starter Quiz