A piece of punctuation (-) that can be used to signal a pause, usually for dramatic effect.

A piece of punctuation (:) that can introduce lists, explanations and quotes.

A statement about what you think will happen in the future.

The different sentence types e.g. complex, compound, simple.

'The War of the Worlds': How punctuation and sentence structures create impact

English

Considering how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’

Emulating how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’

Using punctuation to create specific effects in descriptive writing

Using semantic fields in a piece of creative writing

Using synonyms and expanded noun phrases to craft effective descriptions

Using sensory language to write effective descriptions

'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea': explaining a writer's structural choices

Refining descriptions with semantic fields, present participles, and semicolons

Revising key strategies to write effective descriptions

In 'Fiction: Science Fiction', pupils identify and comment on recurring images and symbolism in texts. In 'Fiction: Books that Changed my World', pupils explore multiple interpretations of an author's language choices.

In 'Fiction: Read Around the World', pupils identify and comment on a range of language devices in extracts from texts. In 'Fiction: Science Fiction Writing', pupils identify and comment on recurring images and symbolism in texts.

In this unit, pupls read extracts from three science fiction texts and analyse how writers use language for effect. They first look at how writers use sentences and punctuation, before looking at semantic fields, noun phrases and sensory language. Pupils use this to write thier own descriptions.

Fiction: science fiction writing

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

nobody (it is written in the third person).

'The War of the Worlds' is narrated by ...

What is being described here: 'A piece of punctuation that can introduce lists, explanations and quotes.'?

The fact that it is now Martians one sees rather than humans.

The complete destruction the Martians have carried out.

The new buildings and structures the Martians have constructed.

In 'The War of the Worlds', the narrator finds London has become like a 'lurid' and 'weird' alien landscape. What is arguably the cause of this?

It is essential for the sentence to make sense.

It adds a dramatic pause which greater emphasises the silence.

It reflects the fact the character is nervously stuttering when he says it.

The writer uses the dash to quicken the pace.

Look at this sentence taken from 'The War of the Worlds': "And over all—silence." Which of the below best explains the use of the dash?

That humans are no longer the most dominant species on Earth.

That the invasion has led to the collapse of the government.

That human society will never be the same again.

In 'The War of the Worlds', the narrator talks of being 'dethroned'. What does he mean by this?

A simple sentence has a single clause with a subject and a {{}}.

What is being described here: 'Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances or major social or environmental changes.'?

'The rocket launched successfully and it made its way to the moon.' This is a compound sentence joined by a conjunction. What is the conjunction?

'The rocket launched loudly, screeching wildly into the night.' What sentence type is this?

A story's pace refers to the {{}} at which it is told.

What is being described here: 'A statement about what you think will happen in the future'?

Starter Quiz