Key learning points

1. Writing is most successful when it is planned.
2. We can plan to describe particular details and use figurative language to build a particular mood.
3. Our plan will cover two events from the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark', using a tense, anxious mood.
4. For each event, we will describe it in the third person and reflect on it using internal monologue in the first person.

Keywords

• Third person perspective - the 'he/she/it/they' perspective

• Internal monologue - the inner voice of a character - their thoughts to themselves, not spoken aloud

• Build-up - the part of a narrative where problems are introduced and tension rises

• Figurative language - the use of metaphors, similes, personification and other literary devices to create imaginative meanings

Common misconception