Writing Assistance (Language Resources)

1. Adverbs
A word that
describes a
verb

2. Onomatopoeia
Words that
imitate
sounds.

3. Similes
Compares something
with another using
‘as’ or ‘like’.

4. Personification
Giving human
characteristics to
non-living objects.

5. Tenses
Past or
present
words

6. Alliteration
Sounds similar at
the beginning of
most words in your
sentence.

7. Prepositions
Words that
specify place,
direction and
time.

8. Conjunctions
Join
sentences
together

9. Metaphors
Words to describe
how something
resembles another.

10. Hyperbole
Over-
exaggeration of
your actions.

11. Irony
Saying the
opposite of what
you meant.

12. Rhyme
Sounding the
same at the end
of your
sentences.

13. Rhyme

14. Sounding the
same at the end
of your
sentences.

15. Adverbs

16. A word that
describes a
verb

17. Onomatopoeia

18. Words that
imitate
sounds.

19. Prepositions

20. Words that
specify place,
direction and
time.

21. Conjunctions

22. Joins
sentences
together

23. Tenses

24. Past or
present
words

25. Metaphors

26. Words to describe
how something
resembles another.

27. Similes

28. Compares something
with another using
‘as’ or ‘like’.

29. Personification

30. Giving human
characteristics to
non-living objects.

31. Alliteration

32. Sounds similar at
the beginning of
most words in your
sentence.

33. Hyperbole

34. Over-
exaggeration of
your actions.

35. Irony

36. Saying the
opposite of what
you meant.

37. Jack and Jill Five little ducks went out to play
Went up the hill Over the hill and far away
To fetch a pail of water. The mother duck said Quack, Quack, quack, quack
Jack fell down And four little ducks came waddling back
And broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
Little Bo peep has lost her sheep
And doesn't know where to find them.
Rhyme
Leave them alone and they'll come home,
Jack be nimble Bringing their tails behind them.
Jack be quick
Jack jump over
The candlestick.
Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe in the middle of the night
And he called for his fiddlers three. Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock

38. Calmly
Quickly Painfully
Quietly Mysteriously
Slowly Wonderfully
Patiently Noisily
Silently Inconspicuously
Happily Conspicuously
Neatly Spitefully
Tremendously
Adverbs
Abruptly
Badly
Hurriedly
Rapidly
Viciously
Unknowingly
The killer dog viciously and badly bit some of the mysterious leg off wish his razor sharp teeth.
The well disguised detective, Sherlock Holmes, slowly and mysteriously followed the huge footprints to the end of
the murky street.

39. Meow Caw, caw
Slurp Honk
Woof Neigh
Gulp Gong
Moo hee haw
Burp Brrrp
Baaa tweet
Pfft Hum
Ssss oink
Onomatopoeia
Achoo glug
Braaaaak
Slap Pop
“Boom!”
Crack drip
“Crash!”
Boing rrrr
“Bang!”
Snap chug
“Clang!”
Crackle beep

40. As crazy as a loon
As fast as a race car
As calm as a pond
Similes
Like a ballerina
As bright as a new pin
As deaf as a post

41. Personification

42. However
Therefore
So
But
Conjunctions
Because
So that
Alas
and, but, for, or, nor, yet, and so

43. # His head was spinning with ideas.
You are the sunshine of my life
# Her home was a prison.
# She has a heart of gold.
The world is my oyster # It is raining cats and dogs.
# You had better pull your socks up.
Keep your eyes peeled. # The noise is music to her ears.
# You light up my life with your presence.
# My memory is a little cloudy about that incident.
# Keep your eyes peeled.
# Take a moment to digest the info.
# A rainbow of flavors.
Metaphors

44. by on since under
aboard despite onto than unlike
below in
about down out through until
beneath inside
above during outside throughout up
beside into
across for over till upon
between like
after from past to with
beyond near
against regarding toward within
of
along round without
off
Prepositions
amid
among
around
as
at
atop
before
behind Shall I buy tickets for/to the concert.
The Sahara is one of the most remote parts of/in the world.
There are two sides to/for/of every story.
The dog was picked up off/from the street.
She put her hands over/on her eyes.
I was with two aunts on/from my mother's side.
A word that shows the
relationship between a noun or
pronoun and other words in a http://www.buzzle.com/articles/examples-of-prepositions.html
sentence.

45. Ate Swam
Slept Played
Thought Sang
Ran Rang
Hid Planned
Smelt Stopped
Tenses
Wrote Stepped
Bought Shipped
Shone Hopped
Grew Cupped
Blew Shifted
Flew Swung
Drew Rode
Drawn
Lived
Knitted
Knew
Began

46. Mississippi got lost in the misty, mucky, muddy land of mud.
Mille’s magic muffins moved magically.
Mille made magic marshmallow muffins.
Alliteration
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.

47. My brother’s so fat, when he hops on the scales it says “One at a time, please!” Hyperbole
My brother’s so short, that half a garden gnome is like a giant to him!
I’m so tired, I could sleep for a year!
You’re so ugly, every time I look at you, my eyes pop out!
Your momma is so old, she farts out dust!
My Aunty’s so fat, it takes two trains and a bus to get on her good side.
My sister uses so much make-up, she leaves a colour trail when she walks!
Your mama is so fat, when she puts on a red dress, everyone thinks the warehouse is moving!
Your Mum is so dumb, she got locked in the supermarket and died of starvation!
Your Mum is so dumb, she tripped over a cordless phone!
My dog is so ugly, we have to pay the fleas to live on him!
It’s so cold, chickens are running to KFC to use the deep-fryer!
My Aunty’s so fat, when she puts on her yellow dress, everyone yells out “TAXI!”
My Aunty is so hairy, it looks she’s got Bob Marley in a headlock!
My teacher’s so old, she showed us a year book from 1500BC!
My Aunt’s so fat, the elephants throw peanuts at her!
The town I live in is so isolated, it makes ghost towns look popular!
Your mum must have been a thief because she stole the stars and put them in your eyes!
Your mama is so fat, when she jumps in the pacific ocean she says “Look, I’m in the kiddies pool!”

48. Is it ironic that...
... The worlds largest ice cream cone is made by a factory called Tiny Dairies
Is it ironic that...
... You move your wedding inside because it's going to rain, and a pipe bursts
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."
It was ironic that the fire station burned down.
Irony
i hate tomatoes but love ketchup.
people who eat like The unsinkable ship
horses and look like ‘Titanic’ sunk on its maiden
sticks voyage.
An ambulance driver rushes to the scene of an accident, only to
run the victim over, because the victim crawled into the middle of
the street in the darkness of night. The song “Ironic” by Alanis
a lifeguard who doesn't know how to swim Morrisette contained no
Three kinds of irony are commonly recognized: examples of irony.
Verbal irony - which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that the
words appear to express.
Fish can get seasick.
Situational ironyinvolves an incongruity between what is expected or intended and what
actually occurs. a dog is mistaken for a cat
Dramatic irony is an effect produced by anarrative in which the audience knows more about a tomato costs more
present or future circumstances than a character in the story.
money than ketchup does.

49. My Language Resources Sentences My Language Resources Sentences
Name: Name:
Rhyme Rhyme
Simile Simile
Conjunction Conjunction
Tense Tense
Metaphor Metaphor
Prepositions Prepositions
Irony Irony
Alliteration Alliteration
Personification Personification
Adverb Adverb
Hyperbole Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia