an adjective formed of two hyphenated words

a punctuation mark that can be used to form compound adjectives

a writing technique for showing a character’s feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions

Writing the first part of the build-up 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.

In this unit, pupils use 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes as the stimulus from which to write a character and setting description, a narrative build-up in third person prose and a section incorporating varied speech sentences. Pupils complete the unit reciting and memorising parts of the poem.

'The Highwayman': narrative writing

a writing technique for showing a character’s feelings

Which of these compound adjectives could be used to describe Bess?

Which of the following can writers describe when using show-not-tell?

Match the types of show-not-tell to the examples.

to be used as a guide of what to include in our writing

to limit the skills that should be included in our writing piece

to be used as a checklist that is ticked off as we write

Put the stages of the writing process in the correct order.

to introduce storylines for main characters

to give clues about what may happen next in the story

to introduce a problem that may need solving

when writers show characters’ feelings by describing their actions

two words joined using a hyphen to form one adjective

A hyphen can be used for which of the following functions?

Which of these sentences uses a hyphenated compound adjective correctly?

Her heart skipped a beat at the sight of him.

His stomach lurched as he tapped the boarded-up windows.

Select the examples of show-not-tell from the list. 

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