The process of creating a fictional character.

Wicked or immoral behaviour typical of a villain.

Fiction based on imagined scientific or technological advances or major social or environmental changes.

Using semantic fields in a piece of creative writing

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’

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

Using punctuation to create specific effects in descriptive 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

A group of words that have similar origins.

Which of the below words could be part of a semantic field of weather?

What is the process of creating a fictional character called?

To keep an idea present in a reader's head

To demonstrate their sophisticated vocabulary

Which of the below would be a valid reason as to why a writer would use a semantic field?

The best semantic fields contain a mixture of nouns, verbs and {{}}.

clear and obvious, classing them as a villain immediately.

nuanced, leaving an element of mystery to the reader.

repetitive, using negative adjectives extensively.

short, using either nouns, adjectives or verbs in the description.

If introducing a villain, an effective semantic field that accompanies them would be ...

If something is clear and intelligible then it has ...

What can an ellipsis at the end of a sentence suggest?

An exclamation mark does which of the following?

Complete this definition of science fiction: 'Fiction based on imagined scientific or technological advances or major social or {{}} changes.

Which of the below is the best definition of 'villainous'?

a change in meaning from one thing to another

Which of the below is the best definition of 'nuance'?

Starter Quiz

If something is clear and intelligible then it has ...