If you have meagre amounts of something, you don’t have very much of it.

Someone loathsome would cause you great disgust or hatred.

To implore someone means persuading them to do something in a very determined and emotional way.

Using language and tone to present opinions with flair

English

Using perspective, tone, and punctuation to craft a clear voice

Considering openings, cohesion, and endings to structure an effective argument

Using single paragraph outlines to plan an effective argument

Using nominalised verbs and adjectives to write effective arguments

Using figurative language, precise verbs and perspective to write with flair

Using shifts in focus and single paragraph outlines to plan descriptive writing

Using language techniques and precise vocabulary to write excellent descriptions

Using description and figurative language to enhance narrative writing

Using emotion-led plot and detailed description to write an excellent narrative

In 'Fiction: Inner Musings', pupils develop narrative writing skills. In 'Writing Masters', pupils experiment using language and structure to write interesting and creative texts.

In this unit, pupils refine proficiency and flair as writers. Across fiction and non-fiction writing forms, they develop techniques that give them greater depth and flair in their writing. At the end of the unit, they write a narrative informed by emotion-led plot and detailed descriptions.

Writing masters

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of distress or humiliation e.g. bullying.

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

How many perspectives should you present in your writing?

to make your reader think you are intelligent

to make your reader react in the way you want

to make your reader feel annoyed about the issue you are discussing

Why is it important to use provocative language in your writing? 

consistent with a clear sense of your own voice

inconsistent with a clear sense of character

consistent with a clear sense of character

Your tone in opinion writing should always be...

Which structural technique involves reflecting ideas from the beginning of your work at the end?

Which of the following might you use to elicit a positive reaction from your reader?

The experience was one of envisage and delight!

I'd like to invite you to envisage a greener future.

A brief feeling of envisage rose in his throat.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'envisage' correctly?

Which of the following is an example of opinion-based writing?

the concept or idea that you are writing about

the kind or style of writing you are undertaking

the person/people who will be reading your writing

Match the terminology to the correct definition.

Which of the following can also be used to describe someone's 'perspective'?

A comparison using like or as that is repeated throughout a text.

A comparison that takes up a whole paragraph in a piece of work.

A comparison of two things that goes across multiple lines or paragraphs.

Which of the following types of writing require you to use subheadings?

a question asked to make a point, rather than get an answer

telling a personal story to illustrate an idea or argument

where the writer speaks directly to their reader/audience

language which elicits an emotional response from the reader

repetition of the same consonant at the beginning of words

Match the rhetorical devices to the correct definitions.

Starter Quiz

Which of the following is an example of opinion-based writing?