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If you write "The old train was asleep in the siding" then you are using personification. A train can't really sleep!

Words (Alliteration, Simile, Rhyme, Personification) 01

Writers use sound and imagery for impact. Explore alliteration, simile, rhyme, and personification to make descriptions vivid and memorable in your KS3 English work.

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Fascinating Fact:

You can mix devices for effect, busy buzzing bees is alliteration and the flowers danced is personification.

In KS3 English, you learn how writers shape meaning with language features. Alliteration creates sound patterns, similes compare ideas, rhyme adds musicality, and personification gives human qualities to non-human things.

Key Terms

  • Alliteration: Repeating the same starting sound in nearby words to draw attention or create rhythm.
  • Simile: A comparison using like or as to make an image clearer, such as quiet as a mouse.
  • Personification: Giving human actions or feelings to objects or animals, such as the wind whispered.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What is the difference between alliteration and rhyme?

Alliteration repeats initial sounds, like busy buzzing bees. Rhyme repeats end sounds, like light and night. Both create patterns that help ideas stick.

How do I spot personification in KS3 English?

Look for non-human things doing human actions or having feelings, for example the clouds marched or the flowers danced in the breeze.

Can I use alliteration, simile, and rhyme together?

Yes. Writers often combine devices for impact. You might use a simile within an alliterative phrase and finish a line with rhyme for emphasis.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .
Choose the correct device(s) in the following sentence.
The chair sat sternly, ready to receive its master.
Alliteration and rhyme
Personification and alliteration
Rhyme and simile
Simile and alliteration
People sit, chairs don't! Two lots of alliteration here too ("ready"/"receive" and "sat"/"sternly")
2 .
Choose the correct device(s) in the following sentence.
The wiry wool was as white as snow.
Alliteration and rhyme
Personification and alliteration
Rhyme and simile
Simile and alliteration
"As ....... as" indicates a simile. "Wiry", "wool", "was" and "white" alliterate
3 .
Choose the correct device(s) in the following sentence.
The boys bounced in like a herd of elephants.
Alliteration and personification
Personification and simile
Rhyme and simile
Simile and alliteration
"Boys bounced" is an example of alliteration. "Like" is the clue that there is a simile
4 .
Choose the correct device(s) in the following sentence.
The moon was like a ghostly ship.
Alliteration
Personification
Rhyme
Simile
The use of the word "like" is the hint that this is a simile
5 .
Choose the correct device(s) in the following sentence.
The cold, creeping, crawling fog enveloped him.
Alliteration and personification
Personification and rhyme
Rhyme and metaphor
Simile and personification
"Cold, creeping, crawling ......." Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds
6 .
Choose the correct device(s) in the following sentence.
The engine leapt into life, its pistons protesting loudly.
Alliteration and personification
Alliteration and rhyme
Rhyme and simile
Simile and alliteration
People "protest", pistons don't! This is personification
7 .
Choose the correct device(s) in the following sentence.
His shout was like the cry of an eagle ready for battle.
Alliteration
Personification
Rhyme
Simile
Similes often use the word "like"
8 .
Choose the correct device(s) in the following sentence.
The windows of the house stared emptily.
Alliteration
Personification
Rhyme
Simile
Because "windows" can't really "stare" - people do!
9 .
Choose the correct device(s) in the following sentence.
An apple a day keeps colds at bay.
Alliteration and simile
Personification and rhyme
Rhyme and alliteration
Simile and rhyme
"Day" and "bay" rhyme. "Keeps" and "colds" alliterate
10 .
Choose the correct device(s) in the following sentence.
The lively boat ran merrily over the waves.
Alliteration
Personification
Rhyme
Simile
"Boats" aren't really "lively" or "merry" - people are!

 

Author:  Sue Daish (English Teacher, Principal Examiner & Published Author)
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