Starter quiz
- Fill in the missing word. Figurative language is the use of metaphor, simile and personification to paint vivid pictures for the __________.
- writer
- reader ✓
- illustrator
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- Fill in the missing word. A __________ is a type of figurative language that involves describing something as though it actually is something else.
- simile
- metaphor ✓
- rhetorical question
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- True or false? There is no difference between a simile and a metaphor.
- True
- False ✓
- Which of these is a metaphor?
- The wind howled like a wolf.
- The wind howled as loudly as a wolf.
- The wind was a wolf howling. ✓
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- Which of these is a metaphor?
- Tristan was a ghost quietly floating through the dump. ✓
- Tristan was like a ghost quietly floating through the dump.
- Tristan was as quiet as a ghost floating through the dump.
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- When planning a setting description, we start from the...
- top down. ✓
- bottom up.
- middle.
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Exit quiz
- True or false? The __________ is the first section of a story where the writer describes the setting and main characters.
- climax
- build-up
- opening ✓
- resolution
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- True or false? A complex sentence is a sentence consisting of a main clause and any type of subordinate clause.
- True ✓
- False
- Fill in the missing word. A main clause contains a __________ and makes sense on its own.
- noun
- verb ✓
- adverb
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- A non-finite (-ing) clause starts with a word that ends in ...
- -ly.
- -ing. ✓
- -ent.
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- Which of these is a sentence that features a non-finite (-ing) clause?
- Breathing slowly, Tristan reached down to pick up the object. ✓
- At that moment, Tristan knew he had found something special.
- Next to a broken bottle, sat a very unusual object indeed.
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- Which two of these sentences feature a non-finite (-ing) clause?
- A moment later, Tristan stood still and examined the object that lay before him.
- Examining the objects that lay before him, Tristan stood still for a moment. ✓
- Tristan stood still for a moment, examining the objects that lay before him. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The opening is the first section of a story where the writer describes the setting and main characters.
- The opening should be descriptive and use figurative language to build an atmosphere for the reader.
- A non-finite complex sentence contains a non-finite clause.
- A non-finite clause extends the sentence by telling the reader about a second thing that the subject is doing.
- A non-finite clause can vary its position in a sentence.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that non-finite clauses always come at the start of sentences.
Teach pupils that non-finite clauses can vary their position in a sentence and model a non-finite clause in both positions.
Keywords
Opening - the first section of a story and where the writer describes the setting and main characters
Figurative language - the use of metaphor, simile and personification to paint vivid pictures for the reader
Non-finite clause - a type of subordinate clause that can start with a verb in the progressive tense
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