Year 11 - English
Using inverted sentence structures and chiasmus for effect
Non-fiction: explorers
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by looking at non-fiction texts about explorers. They first conceptualise travel writing, before building towards making concise and developed comparisons between texts. They finally create a compelling account about a place.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use sophisticated sentence structures to create specific effects.
Key Notes
- Inverted sentence structures add variety to your writing.
- Inverted sentence structures also draw attention to moments or ideas.
- Chiasmus is an X-shaped sentence structure.
- Chiasmus takes the clause from the first half of a sentence and repeats and reverses it in the second one.
- Chiasmus creates a sense of completion and is often euphonious.
Vocabulary To Learn
- to navigate: to plan, plot or direct a path
- abundance: a very large quantity of something
- intentional: in a planned or deliberate way
- clause: the basic unit of grammar, typically made up of a subject, a noun phrase and a verb phrase
- euphony: the quality of having a pleasant sound
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Students often consider that sophisticated writing always involves using complex and challenging vocabulary.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Inverted sentence structures add variety to your writing. Inverted sentence structures also draw attention to moments or ideas.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'to navigate'
to plan, plot or direct a path.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Students often consider that sophisticated writing always involves using complex and challenging vocabulary. Correction: Draw attention to the way very simple words are used to create complex effects.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Comparing Stevenson and Steinbeck's attitudes to their travelling companions Study Guide
- Conceptualising travel writing and making predictions based on titles Study Guide
- Identifying and using different perspectives Study Guide
- Making inferences from two non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Using compound adjectives and analogies for effect in non-fiction writing Study Guide
- Writing a compelling account Study Guide
- Writing concise and developed comparisons of non-fiction texts Study Guide
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