Using sensory language and figurative language to create an atmospheric setting
I can craft my own atmospheric setting using precise imagery.
Using sensory language and figurative language to create an atmospheric setting
I can craft my own atmospheric setting using precise imagery.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The atmosphere in literature is the way an author uses setting, objects, or thoughts of characters to create mood.
- The atmosphere can be influenced by sensory and figurative language.
- Sensory language is language where some or all of the five senses are evoked.
- Figurative language is non-literal wording that adds creativity to your writing.
Keywords
Setting - the time, place and environment in which something occurs
Sensory - relating to sensation or the physical senses.
Atmospheric - the way an author uses setting, objects, or internal thoughts of characters to create emotion.
Mood - the emotional response that a writer wants to give the reader.
Figurative language - non-literal wording that adds creativity or rhetorical meaning to your writing.
Common misconception
That descriptive writing is all about telling the reader what's in the image.
Descriptive writing is about showing the reader what's in the image through sensory and figurative language.
Licence
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