Key learning points

1. The purpose of the climax is to describe the main action and take the suspense and excitement to its highest point.
2. Precise and ambitious vocabulary create vivid images for the reader for each key moment of the climax.
3. An effective plan has vocabulary organised concisely and neatly.
4. Careful verb and adverb selection can convey characters' feelings through ‘show and tell’.
5. Synonyms for ‘said’ are used to convey character emotion in speech.

Common misconception

Keywords

• Climax - the point in a narrative where the suspense and excitement reaches its highest point

• Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text's purpose

• 'show and tell' - a writing technique for showing a character's feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions

• Speech - the communication of someone's thoughts through words

• Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section of whole text