tells the reader when, where or how something happened

a sentence formed of at least one main clause and any type of subordinate clause

the use of simile, metaphor and personification to create vivid imagery

how a writer constructs their writing to convey emotions and mood to the reader

Planning a setting and character description based on 'The Highwayman'

English

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

a sentence formed of two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction

Select the definition of a complex sentence.

formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

formed of a main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause

formed of a main clause and a relative subordinate clause

Match the types of complex sentences to their definitions:

'Charging across the desolate moor' is an example of which type of subordinate clause? 

'As the stars glimmered in the sky above' is an example of which type of subordinate clause?

'Who wore a French-cocked hat' is an example of which type of subordinate clause?

Match the adverbial types to their examples:

comparing two things by saying that one thing is another

comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

giving human characteristics to non-human things

many words beginning with the same letter

Match each linguistic device to its definition.

Match each linguistic device to its example.

a group of words including a verb that makes sense on its own.

a group of words including a verb that does not make sense on its own.

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