a sentence that makes a statement, provides a fact, offers an explanation or conveys information

a sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark

a statement that expresses strong emotion and typically ends with an exclamation mark

a sentence that gives a direct command or instruction

the most intense, exciting or important point of something; the culmination

Emulating how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’

English

Considering how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’

'The War of the Worlds': How punctuation and sentence structures create impact

Using punctuation to create specific effects in descriptive writing

Using semantic fields in a piece of creative writing

Using synonyms and expanded noun phrases to craft effective descriptions

Using sensory language to write effective descriptions

'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea': explaining a writer's structural choices

Refining descriptions with semantic fields, present participles, and semicolons

Revising key strategies to write effective descriptions

In 'Fiction: Science Fiction', pupils identify and comment on recurring images and symbolism in texts. In 'Fiction: Books that Changed my World', pupils explore multiple interpretations of an author's language choices.

In 'Fiction: Read Around the World', pupils identify and comment on a range of language devices in extracts from texts. In 'Fiction: Science Fiction Writing', pupils identify and comment on recurring images and symbolism in texts.

In this unit, pupls read extracts from three science fiction texts and analyse how writers use language for effect. They first look at how writers use sentences and punctuation, before looking at semantic fields, noun phrases and sensory language. Pupils use this to write thier own descriptions.

Fiction: science fiction writing

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

'A sentence that makes a statement, provides a fact, offers an explanation, or conveys information' is the definition of a {{ }} sentence.

Which sentence type ends in a question mark?

Which of the following does Verne not use to convey the rising tension and Axel's helplessness in 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'?

"No words in any human language can depict my utter despair."

"...how had I lost the course of the flowing stream?"

"It was indeed a position to drive the sanest man to madness!"

Match the sentence with the sentence type.

'The most intense, exciting or important point of something; the culmination' is the definition of which word beginning with 'c'?

Starting with the first, put the sentence types in the same order Verne has structured his sentence types to show rising tension in 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'. 

Verne's 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' is an example of what genre?

The words 'I' and 'my' are {{ }} pronouns.

Match the example sentence with the sentence type.

Which of the following is a synonym for 'dry'?

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