Using figurative language and structure to create an unsettling atmosphere | English

Starter quiz

What is atmosphere?
- the emotion a writer wants a reader to feel
- the feeling or sense evoked by an environment or setting ✓
- something that causes worry or anxiety
What kind of language is being described here: 'language that uses the five senses to evoke a mental image in the reader.'
- 'sensory language' ✓
What language device is being described here?: 'a direct comparison of two things using 'is' or 'was.
- 'metaphor' ✓
What is 'pathetic fallacy'?
- where human emotions are given to non-human objects or things ✓
- a comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'
- giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is a complex sentence?
- a sentence with one main clause
- a sentence with two main clauses joined by a connective
- a sentence with one main clause and one subordinate clause ✓
What does it mean to reflect on your work?
- Looking at your work to see what you did well ✓
- Rewriting your work to enhance it
- Proof-reading your work to check for errors

What does the word 'eerie' mean?
- something strange and frightening ✓
- something that causes worry or anxiety
- something which is unfamiliar
What device is being described here?: 'where you give human characteristics to nonhuman objects or things.'
- 'personification' ✓
Which punctuation types might help create an eerie or unsettling atmosphere?
- dashes ✓
- question marks ✓
- commas
- full stops
Which of the following would you use to create an unsettling atmosphere?
- The leaves spun and danced.
- The leaves whispered between themselves as I passed. ✓
- The leaves waved me on my way.
Complete the sentence: 'make sure that your description is well ______ with a beginning, middle and end.'
- 'structured' ✓
Starting with the first, put the structure of a description into chronological order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  zoom out and describe the image as a whole
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  zoom in on details and describe them
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  leave the reader with a final emotion

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To plan an effective description, you should establish a clear setting using precise imagery.
When describing show off your ability to use figurative language, varied sentences and punctuation for effect.
Make sure that your description is well-structured and has a clear sense of direction – a beginning, middle and end.

That you should use generic sensory language to create an effective description.

You need to use sensory language tailored to the atmosphere that you want to create in order for it to be effective.

Sensory language - language that uses the five senses to evoke a mental image in the reader.
Eerie - something strange and frightening.
Atmosphere - the feeling or sense evoked by an environment or setting.
Unsettling - something that causes worry or anxiety.
Reflection - giving serious thought or consideration to something.