Emulating how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’
I can emulate Verne's use of declarative, interrogative and exclamative sentences when writing descriptively.
Emulating how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’
I can emulate Verne's use of declarative, interrogative and exclamative sentences when writing descriptively.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- To write a description that shows rising tension you might open with an emotionally charged declarative sentence.
- You might follow that with consecutive interrogative sentences that use personal pronouns.
- You might then end on a repeated exclamatory fragment that finishes on an emotionally charged word.
Common misconception
You should use exclamative sentences all the way through your writing to show tension.
It can be more effective to begin with declarative sentences and progress to exclamative sentences to show the rising tension.
Keywords
Declarative - a sentence that makes a statement, provides a fact, offers an explanation or conveys information
Interrogative - a sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark
Exclamative - a statement that expresses strong emotion and typically ends with an exclamation mark
Imperative - a sentence that gives a direct command or instruction
Climax - the most intense, exciting or important point of something; the culmination
Equipment
There is an extract from Verne's 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' in the additional materials.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
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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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Interrogative
Imperative
Exclamative
Declarative
Exit quiz
6 Questions
"No words in any human language can depict my utter despair."
"...how had I lost the course of the flowing stream?"
"It was indeed a position to drive the sanest man to madness!"