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Last one!!Last one!!



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You will have to focus on yoursentence structure

Varied punctuation to createspecific effects

The structure of the narrative

Varied vocabulary to createspecific effects.



Sentence S tructure

Littlevariety insentence

structures

Skilfulcontrol in theconstruction

of variedsentenceforms



-ly, -ing, -ed

I walked through the dark alley and suddenlya hand reached out and grabbed my shoulder.

Suddenly a hand reached out and grabbed my

shoulder as I walked down the dark alley. I was breathing deeply as I crept through thedeep, dark wood.

Breathing deeply, I crept through the deep,

dark wood. I was trapped and could not see a way out.

Trapped! I could see no way out.



Vary your sentence

starters He walked to the door. He opened it

and looked inside. He saw a large«..

How could you make thispassage more interestingby changing the sentencestarters?? Once done-finish of the paragraphwith two or three moresentences.



Sentence lengths Simple, Compound, Complex

Short and long

A short sentence can be 1 word long!



Using all 5 sentence variations:

write one paragraph about this

picture



Use of Language

Limitedvocabulary

Extensivevocabulary



Don·t even bother using!

Walked/walk-

Said-

Nice/good- Bad-

Never start sentences with so/and/then-

in fact- try not to use them mid sentenceif you can!



Try

He was unhappy. Carefully, he wiped away a glistening tear as hewatched her turn away and move purposely towardsthe door.

He was nice She was a kind person

He was happy The wind blew hard

She sat in a tree waiting for her friend He walked to school

The dog barked It was sunny

He was angry



Describe each of these images using powerful

adjectives and the techniques we have learnt

today



Techniques

SENSESSightSoundSmellTouchTaste

CHOICE OF WORDSAdjectives

OnomatopoeiaAlliterationAssonancesibilance

DEVICESMetaphor

JuxtapositionSimile

Pathetic fallacyPersonification



Poetic Techniques Simile- When you compare one thing to something else using

the words ¶as· or ¶like·. Alliteration- When the first letter of the words are thesame.

Personification- When make something which isn·t humansound human.

Onomatopoeia- A word which sounds like the noise it makes. Sibilance- Words characterized by, or producing a hissing

sound like that of (s) or (sh) Assonance- Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel

sounds in words Metaphor- A comparison between essentially unlike thingswithout an explicitly comparative word such as like or as.



Come up with one simile, one metaphor

and one personification for each image



Paragraphs

Broadlyappropriateparagraphing

Skilfullysustainedparagraphing



So, when do you start a

new one?

Person

Place

Topic

Time

Tiptop



Senses and tense Describe - as appropriate to the scene -

what you saw, heard, tasted, smelt andfelt - that is, use 'sensory description';

notice 'saw', 'heard': be safe and stick to writing about a past time!² present tense writing can be exciting to read

but it's far too easy to forget the time frame

of the present and flip back into the past -which is confusing for your reader and losesmany marks.

² Unless you are a very sure writer - av oid writing about 'now' - choose to write about

'then'



Describe this

scene relying

ONLY on yoursenses



Could you do it?

1) Pathetic fallacy is when you usethe weather to reflect what ishappening in the scene.

2) Juxtaposition is two random

objects/ideas/perspectives movingin parallel, a technique intended tostimulate creativity

3) Satire is to hold up human vices

and follies to ridicule or scorn. Alsocan be to use wit, irony, or sarcasmused to expose and discredit vice.



Pathetic fallacy Pathetic Fallacy is very similar to

personification. However, it can also be used

when the weather reflects what is going on in the scene. Eg.

If the weather is hot, sunny and there arepeople everywhere- it usually represents a

¶happy· story. If the weather is dark, cold and stormy-

you can usually guess that something bad isgoing to happen.





Objective: Can I write in different styles?What are the effects of different writing

styles?

Shattered! Can barely move myself anymore. Theslow process of age, chasing me my whole life, isfinally to have it·s day of victory.

All around, ever silent, ever invisible, ever lasting.The source of all life yet never appreciated as

the world moves by as always. Yet when I ampresent, they can see, they can feel and theycannot run.

Yeah! This lot are well boring- seriously! Don·tcare less bout this rubbish- I wanna run!





Example The window smashed, sending glass flying in all

directions. Flames burst into the room. I ducked,keeping my body as low as I could, tryingdesperately to avoid the smoke that wasadvancing rapidly across the ceiling. I scannedthe room for other exits and was relieved to seea small window on the far wall. The smoke was

getting thicker and started slowly descending tothe floor. My mind shouted, ¶Move!·. Taking a deep breath of clean air, possibly my last, I pushed away from the wall to safety. AsI struggled to open the window, I felt my heart pounding. My lungsscreamed for air. The smoke descended and I worked blind, myeyes stinging. I pulled franticly at the catches, felt them give andtumbled out onto the ground below. I felt the heatescaping from the open window above andstarted to crawl slowly away.







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Organisation

of thematerial issimple

Sophisticated

control of thetextstructure

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