Year 10 - English
Emulating how Verne uses sentences in 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'
Fiction: science fiction writing
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Unit Summary
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.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to emulate Verne's use of declarative, interrogative and exclamative sentences when writing descriptively.
Key Notes
- To write a description that shows rising tension you might open with an emotionally charged declarative sentence.
- You might follow that with consecutive interrogative sentences that use personal pronouns.
- You might then end on a repeated exclamatory fragment that finishes on an emotionally charged word.
Vocabulary To Learn
- declarative: a sentence that makes a statement, provides a fact, offers an explanation or conveys information
- interrogative: a sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark
- exclamative: a statement that expresses strong emotion and typically ends with an exclamation mark
- imperative: a sentence that gives a direct command or instruction
- climax: the most intense, exciting or important point of something; the culmination
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- You should use exclamative sentences all the way through your writing to show tension.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
To write a description that shows rising tension you might open with an emotionally charged declarative sentence. You might follow that with consecutive interrogative sentences that use personal pronouns.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'declarative'
a sentence that makes a statement, provides a fact, offers an explanation or conveys information.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: You should use exclamative sentences all the way through your writing to show tension. Correction: It can be more effective to begin with declarative sentences and progress to exclamative sentences to show the rising tension.
More Lessons In This Unit
- 'The War of the Worlds': How punctuation and sentence structures create impact Study Guide
- 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea': explaining a writer's structural choices Study Guide
- Considering how Verne uses sentences in 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' Study Guide
- Refining descriptions with semantic fields, present participles, and semicolons Study Guide
- Revising key strategies to write effective descriptions Study Guide
- Using punctuation to create specific effects in descriptive writing Study Guide
- Using semantic fields in a piece of creative writing Study Guide
- Using sensory language to write effective descriptions Study Guide
- Using synonyms and expanded noun phrases to craft effective descriptions Study Guide
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