to examine something closely so that you can understand it

how a text is connected together to link it all and give it meaning

said or done in a careful but uncertain way because you do not know if you are right

to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have

Writing clear analytical paragraphs about Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'

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

In 'Asha and the Spirit Bird', Bilan describes the temple as disappearing into the...

Bilan's semantic field of "magnificent", "iridescent" and "sparkling" suggests the temple is...

To examine something closely so that you can understand it means to...

Bilan's use of colour imagery shows the temple as beautiful.

Bilan's use of colour imagery could show the temple as beautiful.

Bilan's use of colour imagery absolutely shows the temple as beautiful.

Which of the following uses tentative language?

a comparison where something is said to be something else

a comparison where something is said to be like something else

where objects are given human characteristics

When writing about a text, we use quotations as {{}} for our argument.

a group of words with a dissimilar meaning

repeating the same word throughout the text

To form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have is known as making an...

We generally associate light imagery with...

Starter Quiz