Writing 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

simile, metaphor and personification to create imagery

how a writer constructs writing to convey emotions and mood

Match the key words to their definitions:

Select the correct use of apostrophes for singular possession:

the moon was a pearl shining in the black sky

the moon was like a ghostly disc hanging in the midnight sky

Match the types of figurative language to their examples:

which howled and whistled across the moor

Match the types of subordinate clause to their examples:

a sentence with two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction

a sentence with a main clause and any type of subordinate clause

Match the sentence types to their definitions:

a group of words containing a verb that make complete sense

a group of words containing a verb that does not make sense

a mysterious horseman rode across the desolate moor

Match the adverbial types to their examples:

Select the examples of figurative language.

'The stars were diamonds scattered across the jewelled sky' is an example of which type of figurative language?

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

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