Fairy tales
A princess that sleeps for 100 years.
Sleeping Beauty
Who is Hercules?
Who is Robin Hood?
Using "like" or "as" to compare something
What is a simile?
'I’m not a killer!’ Harry shouted. ‘I’m not a killer!'
Repetition
A princess that loses her glass slipper.
Who is Cinderella?
A gorgon with snake for hair.
Who is Medusa?
A sunken city under the sea.
What is Atlantis?
Using your 5 senses to describe something.
SMASH The door was hit with such a force that it swung clean off its hinges and with a deafening crash landed flat on the floor.
Onomatopoeia
Siblings that are almost eaten by a witch in a candy house.
Who are Hansel and Gretel?
The goddess of wisdom and battle tactics.
Who is Athena?
He pulls a sword from a lake and becomes King of England.
Who is King Arthur?
When human characteristics are given to non human things.
What is personification?
On top of the stool she put a pointed wizard’s hat. The hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty.
Visual Imagery
Run, run as fast as you can! You can't catch me. I'm the
Gingerbread Man
A hero who died from an arrow through his heel.
Who is Achilles?
Mysterious creature that lives in a Scottish lake.
What is the Loch Ness Monster?
A question that does not need an answer.
The Triwizard Cup... seemed to be almost alive, and Harry felt a sudden, inexplicable pull toward it. It was as though it were calling to him
Personification
If you can guess his name in 3 tries he won't take your child.
Who is Rumpelstilskin?
A musician goes to the underworld to get his love back.
Who are Orpheus and Eurydice?
A soldier that defeats a dragon and becomes a saint.
Who is St George?
Two or more words start with the same letter.
His eyes were as green as emeralds, and his hair was as black as coal.
Simile