Writing a gothic description
I can write a multi-sensory and thrilling Gothic description.
Writing a gothic description
I can write a multi-sensory and thrilling Gothic description.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- In descriptions, you can focus on how the scene smells, feels, sounds and tastes, as well as just what it looks like.
- Multi-sensory descriptions make the scene more vivid for your reader.
- You can use figurative language to create vivid imagery for the reader.
- Fronted adverbials can build tension by elongating the sentence and delaying the action.
- To build tension, try describing small details quite comprehensively.
Keywords
Imagery - words used to create a clear image in the reader’s head
Vivid - producing strong or clear images in the reader’s mind
Multi-sensory - involving more than one sense
To congeal - to begin to change from a liquid state to a more solid state
Timid - showing a lack of courage or confidence
Common misconception
In descriptive writing, students often just describe what their protagonist can see. They often neglect the other senses.
To create the most vivid description possible, students should focus their description on the five sense, subtly moving between exploring how the scene feels, smells, looks, tastes and sounds.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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