These may include sensations, emotions, desires, gestures, expressions and powers of speech.ġ2 Independent Study 3 Use a quote from the novel (found on the earlier slides) and interpret it creatively from the image in your mind’s eye onto paper.The book thief is a novel about the second world war, friendship, love, family and so many more. PERSONIFICATION: Gives animals and objects human traits and qualities. METAPHOR: describes a direct comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated objects. SIMILE: when the subject is compared to another subject, using the words like, as or such. Some of the literary techniques that Markus Zusak employs in The Book Thief are simile, metaphor and personification. Authors use a variety of different written techniques to bring their written words alive for the reader. When you read, whether it is a novel, short story or poem, you have your own internal movie reel or video that turns the words on the page into images in your mind. Try to think of a theme that fits the memorable day and plan, draft and complete a final copy of the poem in your English book. Use a thesaurus to see if there are variations of the words that could be handy for writing about the day – consider different moods that could be created.

Record in your English book a list of words that you associate with the day you have considered as a memorable one. Present it on A3 or A4 and bring it with you to next week’s lesson! 22ĥ Independent Study 1: Choose a significant or memorable day from your life and create a collage which focuses on colours to reflect the events, your feelings and emotions.

There were black crumbs, and pepper, streaked amongst the redness.’ p. The sky was like soup, boiling and stirring. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colours. Or at least, how I try.’ p.13ģ A small theory ‘People observe the colours of a day only at its beginning and ends, but to me it’s quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing moment. Presentation on theme: 'Colour in The Book Thief'- Presentation transcript:Ģ Death and Chocolate ‘First the colours.

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