Using figurative language and structure to create an unsettling atmosphere

English

In 'Step into the Unknown', pupils learn how to use a variety of sentences for deliberate effect. In the 'Dystopian Settings' unit, pupils will continue to use a range of sentence structures, to create atmospheric descriptions.

In 'When the Sky Falls' pupils write narratives inspired by a text. In 'Step Into the Unknown', using extracts from texts from the literary canon, pupils write descriptions of settings.

Step into the unknown: fiction reading and creative writing

What device is being described here?: 'where you give human characteristics to nonhuman objects or things.'

Which punctuation types might help create an eerie or unsettling atmosphere? 

The leaves whispered between themselves as I passed.

Which of the following would you use to create an unsettling atmosphere?

Complete the sentence: 'make sure that your description is well {{}} with a beginning, middle and end.'

zoom out and describe the image as a whole

Starting with the first, put the structure of a description into chronological order. 

the emotion a writer wants a reader to feel

the feeling or sense evoked by an environment or setting

What kind of language is being described here: 'language that uses the five senses to evoke a mental image in the reader.'

What language device is being described here?: 'a direct comparison of two things using 'is' or 'was.

where human emotions are given to non-human objects or things

a comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'

giving human characteristics to non-human things

a sentence with two main clauses joined by a connective

a sentence with one main clause and one subordinate clause

Looking at your work to see what you did well

Proof-reading your work to check for errors

What does it mean to reflect on your work? 

Starter Quiz