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                             MOUNTAINS
     
                                        COLOUR
     
      LEVEL 1        LEVEL 2         LEVEL 3         LEVEL 4        LEVEL 5          OTHERS
dove-white mountains
seashell-white mountains
flour-white mountains
angel-white mountains
halo-white mountains
 
bone-white mountains
vampire-white mountains
phantom-white mountains
lice-white mountains
fang-white mountains
 
     
    1. The dove-white mountain soared into the sky .
    2. The seashell-white mountain jutted into the sky .
    3. The phantom-white mountain reared into the sky .
    4. The lice-white mountains were sombre and towered over us .
    5. The fang-white mountains were brooding and loomed over us .
     
                                                           SOUND
crashing
rumbling
booming
grumbling
bellowing
 
clapping
roaring
trundling
growling
thundering
 
     
    1. I heard a clapping sound and a huge wall of snow crashed down .
    2. Rumbling and roaring, a wave of white surged down the mountain side.
    3. A deep, booming noise erupted and the flank of the mountain became a chute of white .
    4. We heard a sinister, growling sound and a cascade of white thundered down the mountain.
    5. A bellowing sound rent the air and a tsunami of snow sluiced down the flank of the mountain.
     
                                                             SHAPE
crinkled
crumpled
knotted
grizzled
rumpled
 
wrinkled
craggy
jagged
gnarled
rugose
 
     
    1. The wrinkled mountains were cocoon quiet .
    2. The craggy mountains were Zion quiet .
    3. The nirvana quiet mountains had jagged peaks.
    4. The knobbly face of the mountain was grizzled and sacristy quiet .
    5. We gazed up at the rugose and rough-hewn mountains with a sense of awe. They were mysterious and catacomb quiet .
     
                                                            ACTION
sky-punching
sky-stabbing
heaven-touching
snow-cloaked
snow-wreathed
 
sky-piercing
sky-spearing
heaven-kissing
snow-hooded
snow-festooned
 
     
    1. A ring of snow covered the sky-punching mountain.
    2. A bracelet of snow topped the sky-spearing mountain.
    3. A brooch of snow draped the heaven-kissing mountain.
    4. The snow-hooded mountains were encased in a necklace of white .
    5. The snow-festooned mountain peaks were embalmed with tiaras of powdery snow .
     
                                                  PATHETIC FALLACY   
ankle
leg
hip
shoulder
crown
 
foot
knee
elbow
neck
furrowed brow
 
     
    1. The mist grabbed at the ankle of the mountain.
    2. The sly mist snatched at the leg of the mountain.
    3. The crafty mist clutched at the elbow of the mountain as it passed.
    4. The cunning mist fumbled at the mountain’s neck with its filmy tentacles.
    5. The insidious mist ensnared the crown of the mountain.
     
                                                           SIMILES
like arrow tips
like a saw’s teeth
like a row of thorns
as sharp as stalagmites
as ridged as a dragon’s back
 
like sharks’ fins
like harpoon tips
like a row of fangs
as pointed as stalactites
as cruel as a hag’s teeth
 
     
    1. The mountain tips looked like sharks’ fins.
    2. The peaks of the mountains looked like a saw’s teeth.
    3. The crests of the serrated mountains looked like a row of fangs.
    4. The apex of the mountains looked like a row of white stalactites.
    5. The pinnacles of the primeval mountains were like the broken teeth of a hag.
     
                                                       OTHER IMAGES
insect-like figures
ghost-grey mist
weeping waterfall
lonely