Edexcel GCSE English Literature · 1ET0
Paper 2
Language in which a word imitates the sound it describes, such as ‘click’ or ‘crunch’.
Revise: Nothing's ChangedThe closely packed adjectives make the stones seem solid and uncomfortable, while the onomatopoeia of ‘click’ lets us hear his footsteps. Later, cans ‘crunch’ (line 6). These hard sounds give the walk a rough, abrasive quality: the place presses itself upon his senses.
- Revise: In Romney Marsh