Letter writing
What should you write in the top-left corner of your letter?
The date
The repetition of the same consonant sound =
an alliteration
What literary device can you identify in the following sentence:
« the door creaked open in the night »
an onomatopoeia.
What funny children’s book did Jeff Kinney write?
Diary Of a Wimpy Kid.
Instead of writing your letter as one big black of text, how should you organize it?
in different paragraphs.
2 words that have the same ending sound at the end of poems’ lines =
a rhyme
What sense is described in this sentence:
«Thunder rumbled in the distance as the rain pounded against the windows »
Hearing
What spa novel series did Anthony horrowitz write?
Alex Rider
Would you find the following sentence the begining or at the end of your letter?
« I look forward to seeing you in class next week »
at the end.
A pattern of rhymes ( usually expressed with letters) =
a rhyming scheme
« My cheeks were burning in the crisp morning air »
What sense is described in this sentence?
touch
Name a famous series of books written by Rick Riordan.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
What is wrong with the following sentence?
« Dear Mrs, Magna,
I hope you’re not gonna be angry with me but I forgot my homework »
Gonna is an abréviation - it is too informal for a letter.
a word containing sounds similar to the noises it describes =
an onomatopoeia
Identify the rhyming pattern in this quatrain:
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
AABB
Who wrote Harry who never did his homework?
David Walliams