language that creates a clear picture for the reader that is often found in fiction texts

the use of simile and personification to paint vivid pictures for the reader

a linguistic device that compares two things using 'like' or 'as', highlighting similarities to create vivid imagery

a linguistic device that gives human characteristics to non-human objects to create vivid imagery.

Linguistic features of descriptive writing

English

Practising using figurative language

Planning a stormy scene

Writing a stormy scene

Planning a desert island scene

Writing a desert island scene

Illustrating descriptive scenes

In this unit, pupils apply ambitious weather vocabulary in a range of figurative settings. In 'Poetry Inspired by Weather', pupils will analyse a range of poems that include ambitious weather vocabulary.

In 'Weather: Cloudy, Dark and Rainy Words', pupils learnt a range of ambitious vocabulary for different weathers. In this unit, pupils will apply ambitious weather vocabulary in a range of figurative settings.

In this unit, pupils practise discrete narrative writing skills, basing their writing around typical stormy or desert island weather. Pupils practise using figurative language appropriately and with increasing sophistication; they also finish the unit by illustrating their descriptive scene writing.

Weather: descriptive writing

a linguistic device that gives human characteristics to non-human objects to create vivid imagery

to note what is the same and what is different

a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text

high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose

a writing technique that involves starting description with a broad idea and gradually narrowing the focus to explore specific details

how a text is written to keep the reader engaged

shows that the action happened before now

to create visual representations or images that accompany or enhance a written text

very clear, detailed and intense; a vivid image often creates a strong impression on the senses

a writer’s use of highly descriptive and vivid language to paint a picture

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