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Practising planning and writing a detailed description based on an image

I can plan and describe an image using purposeful linguistic devices and sentence structures.

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Key learning points

  1. Responding to an image can involve considering what first draws your attention and then zooming in.
  2. Effective descriptive writing allows the reader to visualise the scene.
  3. Linguistic devices and sentence structures can help the reader to visualise the scene.

Keywords

  • Descriptive - writing in an interesting and detailed way

  • Evoke - to bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind

  • Visualise - to form a picture of someone or something in your mind

  • Mood - the emotional response that a writer wants to give the reader

Common misconception

Everyone will respond to an image in the same way.

How you respond to an image, and what you choose to zoom in on, will be different for each person since we're all unique with different memories and experiences.


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6 Questions

Q1.
The emotional response that a writer wants to give the reader is known as the .
Correct answer: mood
purpose
atmosphere
Q2.
Descriptive writing is designed to .
Correct answer: help the reader visualise the scene
help the reader draw the scene
help the reader write about the scene themselves
Q3.
Which word best suits the general mood of wonder?
haze
mystery
Correct answer: astonish
Q4.
A metaphor is .
a comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Correct answer: a direct comparison using the verb 'to be'
where non-human things or objects are given human characteristics
Q5.
Which of the following is a metaphor?
Correct answer: 'Her eyes were stars in the dimming gloom.'
'Her eyes were like stars in the dimming gloom.'
'The stars twinkled in the dimming gloom.'
Q6.
A complex sentence is .
two main clauses joined together with a semicolon
Correct answer: a main clause and at least one subordinate clause
a sentence with a subject, verb and complete thought

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which two of the following adjectives creates a positive mood?
Correct answer: beautiful
dreadful
Correct answer: radiant
menacing
Q2.
Which of the following is a complex sentence?
The wind rustled through the trees, but the flowers were protected by the walls.
Correct answer: Rustling through the leaves, the wind danced across the garden.
The wind danced and skipped across the garden.
Q3.
Starting with the first, put the steps to creating a metaphor in chronological order.
1 - Decide on the mood
2 - Choose an object from the scene and add an adjective to describe it
3 - Find something to compare it to that fits with the mood
Q4.
To bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind is to .
Correct Answer: evoke, Evoke, evoke., Evoke.
Q5.
A complex sentence can be effective for descriptive writing because .
Correct answer: it adds extra information to help visualisation
it expresses a complete thought
it shows the connection between two ideas
Q6.
Which metaphor would you use to create a positive mood?
The branches were shackles.
Correct answer: The pollen centre was a tiny orb of sunshine.
The wind was a howling wolf running through the garden.