Starter quiz
- Which of these are examples of figurative language?
- nouns
- adverbs
- personification ✓
- simile ✓
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- Identify the simile.
- The beach was as serene as a sleeping baby. ✓
- Golden sands stretched endlessly towards the sea.
- Seagulls danced in the azure sky.
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- Identify the simile.
- The sea roared like an angry lion. ✓
- The blue sea stretched out endlessly.
- Seabirds soared overhead, gliding in the wind.
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- Which sentence uses personification?
- The waves teased the sand with foam fingers. ✓
- The beach was covered with umbrellas.
- Seashells were spread across the sandy beach.
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- Which sentence uses personification?
- The sea sparkled in the sun's rays.
- The seabirds glided above the vast expanse of blue.
- The waves whispered secrets to the shore. ✓
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- Match the stylistic device to the correct sentence.
- repetition⇔The waves crashed and crashed and crashed. ✓
- simile⇔The beach stretched on like a vast canvas. ✓
- personification⇔The sun embraced us. ✓
Exit quiz
- Which of these words are the adjectives in the following sentence? 'High above the vast ocean, the relentless, oppressive sun blazed like an angry dragon.'
- vast ✓
- relentless ✓
- blazed
- oppressive ✓
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- Which of these adjectives has the closest meaning to 'gleaming'?
- burning
- shining ✓
- constant
- smothering
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- Which of these contain an element of personification?
- scorched like an angry dragon
- glistened like polished glass
- trees stood proudly ✓
- emerged like a jewel
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- Which of these is a fronted adverbial of manner?
- High above,
- In every direction,
- Every single day,
- Relentlessly, ✓
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- Fill in the gap: 'The gleaming desert island emerged like a jewel __________ it invited explorers to come ashore with its mysterious allure.'
- but
- and ✓
- or
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- Which of these is a relative complex sentence?
- The tired trees, which swayed in the breeze, offered shade from the heat. ✓
- The tired trees swayed in the breeze.
- The tired trees swayed in the breeze as the sun blazed down.
- As the trees swayed in the breeze, they offered shade from the heat.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Sentences should be said aloud before writing to ensure they make sense and read back once written to check for errors.
- Ambitious vocabulary and figurative language create a vivid picture in the reader's mind.
- Writers choose varied fronted adverbials and different sentence types to ensure the text flows for the reader.
- Careful selection of nouns and pronouns ensures cohesion within sentences and across sections of a written piece.
- Past simple, progressive and perfect verb forms can be used to improve text cohesion.
Common misconception
Pupils copy notes directly from their plans without forming full sentences.
Pupils should say the sentence aloud first, then write it out. Finally, pupils should check their writing for sense and punctuation.
Keywords
Zoom-in - a writing technique that involves starting description with a broad idea and gradually narrowing the focus to explore specific details
Text flow - how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Past tense - shows that the action happened before now
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