the location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place.

a writing technique that writers use to express ideas, convey meaning, and highlight important themes.

when non-human objects or things are given human characteristics.

Explaining how Burnett presents the garden setting in 'The Secret Garden'

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In 'Step into the Unknown', pupils learn how to use a variety of sentences for deliberate effect. In the 'Dystopian Settings' unit, pupils will continue to use a range of sentence structures, to create atmospheric descriptions.

In 'When the Sky Falls' pupils write narratives inspired by a text. In 'Step Into the Unknown', using extracts from texts from the literary canon, pupils write descriptions of settings.

In this unit, pupils develop their fiction reading and creative writing by reading extracts from famous fiction and then emulating key techniques in their own writing. They start by securing and extending their knowledge of key sentence grammar, before reading and emulating the extracts.

Step into the unknown: fiction reading and creative writing

In Burnett's 'The Secret Garden', Mary felt {{ }} seeing the garden come to life.

Giving non-human things or objects human characteristics is known as {{ }}.

In Burnett's 'The Secret Garden', the garden is given a magical quality when {{ }} are said to help the plants grow.

In Burnett's 'The Secret Garden', the flowers are personified when they are said to {{ }}.

In 'The Secret Garden', Burnett presents the garden as enchanting.

In 'The Secret Garden', Burnett uses similes to describe the garden.

In 'The Secret Garden', the writer presents the garden as beautiful.

Which of the of the following is an effective topic sentence?

We stereotypically think of flowers as {{ }}.

In order to evidence your opinion about a text you should use {{ }}.

The tree branches were like grasping hands.

The tree branches chuckled to themselves.

A writing technique that writers use to express ideas, convey meaning, and highlight important themes is known as {{ }} devices.

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