INFESTED	To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful and threatening.
STRAFE	To attack (ground troops, for example) with a machine gun or cannon from a low-flying aircraft.
BILLETS	Lodging for troops.
MEMO(S)	a written proposal or reminder.
ORDERLY	A soldier assigned to attend and perform various tasks for a superior officer.
HUNS AND JERRY	two slang words used to refer to the german soldiers
PLATOON	A subdivision of a company of soldiers forming a tactical unit.
SENTRY	A soldier stationed to keep guard or to control access to a place.
DUG-OUT	A trench that is dug and roofed over as a shelter for troops.
FELLOW	A man or boy.
HERDED	moved in a group.
SNUFFING	Extinguishing (a candle or flame).
BUFFETING	striking repeatedly and violently; battering
STEEP	rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular.
SCOUT	A soldier or other person sent out ahead of a main force to gather information about the enemy's position or to pass on a message.
LOYALTY	Showing firm and constant support to a person, cause or country.
BROKE-OUT	When war, fighting, fire or undesirable events suddenly start/begin.
ENDURANCE	The ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity.
DEVASTATING	Causing great destruction.
ROUSE	To evoke or give rise to a strong feeling.
GRIEF	Deep sorrow, especially at a person’s death.
ENLIST	To join the armed services.
ROAM	To travel or move about aimlessly.
SHED	Discard, get rid of something undesirable.
RECRUITMENT	The action of finding new people to join an organisation or support a cause.
CONCEALED	To hide, not allow to be seen.
BORE	(from ‘bear’) to produce, give birth to.
BLEST	(from ‘bless’) to be given divine favour.
ALLITERATION	repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words, e.g. sitting silently.
ASSONANCE	repetition of the same vowel sounds in neighbouring words, e.g. We’re breathing beneath the sea / high and height.
RHYME	when the sounds at the end of words match, usually at the end of lines of poetry, e.g. Splashing along the boggy woods all day/ And over brambled hedge and holding clay.
DIRECT SPEECH	words, within inverted commas in a sentence, actually spoken by someone.
ONOMATOPOEIA	using a word that imitates what it stands for, e.g. crash.
SIMILE	a comparison of one thing with another which uses the words ‘like’ or ‘as’, e.g. The shadowy figure stood as still as a tombstone.
EUPHEMISM	substituted word or phrase for something that is unpleasant or embarrassing, e.g. passed away is a euphemism for ‘died’.
IRONY	saying something that is the opposite of what you mean, for humorous effect.
RHYTHM	the pattern of light and heavy beats (stresses) on syllables in a line of poetry.
RHETORICAL QUESTION	a question asked for effect that doesn’t require an answer.
PERSONIFICATION	type of imagery in which living qualities are assigned to inanimate objects.
HALF-RHYME	words that have a similar sound but do not rhyme completely.
ELLIPSIS	this punctuation … mark (three dots).
PATHETIC FALLACY	when natural settings help describe the characters’ feelings, e.g. a bright summer’s day when someone is happy, a storm when someone is frightened or angry or rain when a character is sad and crying.
HYPERBOLE	deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

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