A simile is different from a simple comparison in that it usually compares two unrelated things. For example, “She looks like you” is a comparison but not a simile. On the other hand, “She smiles like the sun” is a simile, as it compares a woman with something of a different kind...
Your child's KS2 poetry classes might include analysis of kennings, two-word phrases characteristic of Anglo-Saxon poetry. We explain what this literary device is and how your child might read and write kennings in the primary-school classroom. What is a kenning? Kennings are often used in ...
Year 7 children are expected to be confident, fluent readers. The emphasis now is on interpretation and comprehension, and the children will be working with both written and electronic material. In KS3 there are two areas of focus for reading: Reading for meaning Finding information in a text ...
New Horizon College English BOOK 2 (3rd Edition) Unit 1 Text A Ex .l Understanding the text 1、Be au se he is tired o f listening to his father and he is not interested in gramm ar rules. 2 、Th e ivilization o f Gree e and the glory o f Roman ar hite ture are so m arvel...
GCSE English language is ambiguous and time-consuming - and out of sync with English language A level, says one teacher
What figure of speech is used in the sentence “Life is a journey”?男婴8个月，腹泻4d，每天十多次水样便，12h无尿，呼吸深大，前囟、眼窝明显凹陷，皮肤弹性很差，四肢冰凉入院。血钠120mmol／L，血钾4mmol／L，COCP11mmol／L。脱水纠正，尿量中等，出现心音低钝、腹胀，血钠135mmol／L，应考虑...