two words joined using a hyphen to form one adjective

a punctuation mark that can be used to form compound adjectives

a writing technique for showing a character’s feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions

Planning the first part of the build-up of 'The Highwayman'

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In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language. In 'Shakespeare's ’Macbeth’: Narrative and Soliloquy Writing', pupils will use figurative language to write a narrative based on Shakespearean tragedy and convey characters' thoughts and feelings through soliloquy writing.

In 'The Viewer', pupils developed their use of cohesive devices and show-not-tell to convey character. In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language.

In this unit, pupils use 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes as the stimulus from which to write a character and setting description, a narrative build-up in third person prose and a section incorporating varied speech sentences. Pupils complete the unit reciting and memorising parts of the poem.

'The Highwayman': narrative writing

when writers show characters’ feelings by describing their actions

to describe how a problem has been resolved

What is the purpose of a setting and character description?

to introduce storylines for main characters

to give clues about what may happen next in the story

Which of these examples use a hyphen for a compound adjective correctly?

Match each show-not-tell example to the emotion it is describing.

Which adjectives are not appropriate for describing the inn-yard?

something that introduces the storyline for some main characters

to study something in detail to understand its meaning

part of a poem consisting of two or more lines grouped together

it introduces the storyline for some main characters

it means to study something in detail to understand its meaning

it is part of a poem consisting of two or more lines grouped together

What does the build-up of 'The Highwayman' do?

He knocks on the window's shutters, but no-one answers.

Hiding in the stable, Tim (the jealous ostler) spies on the pair.

Put the events of 'The Highwayman' so far in the correct order.

a person employed to care for the horses of those staying at an inn

Match the vocabulary to the correct definitions.

it compares two things by saying that one thing is another

it compares two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

it is a word that sounds like the sound it is describing

What is the correct definition of 'simile'?

clashing and clattering into the old inn-yard

Which of these is an example of a simile?

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