Using vivid imagery to describe dystopian settings
I can use imagery to enhance a dystopian description.
Using vivid imagery to describe dystopian settings
I can use imagery to enhance a dystopian description.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Imagery uses words that create a clear image in the reader’s mind.
- Similes compare two things using words such as 'like' or 'as'.
- Personification gives human characteristics to something that is not human.
- A metaphor compares two things, by saying one thing is another.
- Language devices should match the tone that you have created.
Keywords
Imagery - Imagery uses words that create a vivid image in the reader’s mind
Simile - Similes compare two things using words such as 'like' or 'as'
Metaphor - Metaphors say something is something else, when it is not literally
Vivid - A vivid image is clear and powerful and easily visualised
Sentinel - a soldier or guard whose job is to keep watch
Common misconception
Pupils might mistake a simile for metaphor and vice versa.
Go through simile and metaphor definitions and examples slowly and explicitly.
Licence
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