Key learning points

1. Writers will make deliberate choices in their writing to achieve specific effects - this is known as writer's craft.
2. Writers will employ different word choices and language devices to create engaging characters and settings.
3. Personal responses to texts will take into account the writer's craft.

Keywords

• Opulence - extreme wealth and luxuriousness, often associated with lavish displays of extravagance

• Writer's craft - the techniques and tools a writer uses to create and develop their writing

• Supercilious - behaving or looking as though one thinks they are superior to others

• Elicit - to call forth or draw out

Common misconception