A set of actions that have been thought of as a way to do or achieve something.

The feeling or sense evoked by an environment or setting.

Describing something in an interesting and detailed way.

To bring (a memory, feeling, image, etc.) into the mind.

The general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader.

Using vocabulary choices, similes, and metaphors to plan descriptive writing

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

The general feeling that a writer creates.

The amount of linguistic devices a writer uses.

The way a writer chooses to open and close a text.

What emotion does the adjective 'intimidating' create?

The feeling or sense created by an environment or setting.

Where the first line mirrors the closing line of a text.

Where the writer uses negative adjectives to create an unsettling effect.

To bring (a memory, feeling, image, etc.) into the mind is to {{ }} something.

Take an object form the scene and add an adjective

Find something to compare it to that fits with the mood

Starting with the first, place the steps to create a simile in chronological order.

They can make the abstract more familiar.

They add ambitious vocabulary to your writing.

They add ambitious punctuation to your writing.

They can make the abstract less familiar.

Why might similes and metaphors be effective in descriptive writing?

the person, place or thing that is doing the action

What emotion does the adjective 'delightful' suggest?

when you go back and improve and edit your writing

when you think about how you're going to do your writing

when you read someone else's writing and offer suggestions

where you give human characteristics to non-human things

where you create a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

where you create a comparison by saying something is something else

Writing that describes something in an interesting and detailed way is called {{ }} writing.

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