introduces the storyline for some main characters and begins to set up a problem or situation that will build in tension

a part of a poem consisting of two or more lines grouped together

to study something in detail to understand its meaning

Analysing stanzas five and six of 'The Highwayman'

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In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language. In 'Shakespeare's ’Macbeth’: Narrative and Soliloquy Writing', pupils will use figurative language to write a narrative based on Shakespearean tragedy and convey characters' thoughts and feelings through soliloquy writing.

In 'The Viewer', pupils developed their use of cohesive devices and show-not-tell to convey character. In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language.

'The Highwayman': narrative writing

introduces the storyline for some main characters and builds tension

Match the key words to their definitions: 

Match some of the words from stanza five with their definitions:

Match some of the words from stanza six with their definitions:

the black cascase of perfume came tumbling over his breast

he tugged at his rein in the moonlight and galloped away to the west

Identify one example of simile from stanza six:

Which of these does Alfred Noyes use throughout 'The Highwayman'?

Fill in the gap. 'The Highwayman' is an example of a ...

A Highwayman went riding across a stormy moor at night time.

He tapped on the windows' shutters, but they were all locked and barred.

comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

comparing two things by saying that one thing is another

when a word sounds like the sound it is describing

Match the poetic devices to their definitions:

the wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees

the Highwayman came riding - riding - riding

the Highwayman came riding up to the old inn-door

he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard

plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair

Identify onomatopoeia used in stanza three:

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