The engine growls as the vehicle comes to life.
Beep, beep, beep. Slowly, the mechanical monster lurches forward, crunching over debris littered across the ground. It surges like an armoured tank on a war path over wreckage from an earlier path of destruction.
Movement up the yard ceases and the entire unit turns towards what remains of the old house, gutted with windows removed. It pauses, readying itself for some serious demolition.
The beast cranes its long yellow neck, stretching over the tile-less roof and lowering its claw. It slowly forces its way through the stubborn ceiling, which eventually loses it fight, accepts its fate and crashes to the ground.
Bang, crack, thud. The structure is repeatedly pounded into the ground like a nail under a hammer. Tearing apart the house is not enough. Piece by piece, this building is getting pulverised, smashed to smithereens.
Destruction continues, as the arm creeks and bends back, and the claw reaches in to separate internal and external walls, forcing the gyprock inward with a crash and tearing through the bricks with ease, reducing the tumbling pieces to rubble in a split second.
It’s carnage.
Personification – stretches it’s neck, bends his arm back and reaches
Alliteration – mechanical monster, smashed to smithereens
Onomatopoeia – beep, crash, bang, crack, thud, crash(es), smash(ed)
Metaphor – the engine growls, mechanical monster, the beast, it’s claw, loses its fight, carnage
There is some YouTube video on the tv with famous movie quotes. Someone in The Godfather said ‘Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.’
Jasper said, ‘Didn’t Jesus say that? Oh, no, that’s love your neighbour.’
