Year 11 - English
Using compound adjectives and analogies for effect in non-fiction writing
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 compound adjectives and analogies to create specific effects in your writing.
Key Notes
- Compound adjectives are highly effective in your writing.
- Compound adjectives are created by combining multiple words.
- Compound adjectives help to add precision and vivid description to your writing.
- Analogies are a way of comparing two things in order to make your point both clear and imaginative.
Vocabulary To Learn
- participial adjective: a past participle e.g. "delighted" that is being used as an adjective
- hyphen: this punctuation mark - used between two words
- precise: exactly or sharply defined or stated
- abstract: existing in thought or as an idea
- concrete: existing in a material or physical form
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Students may confuse analogies with other comparative based figures of speech such as simile and metaphor.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Compound adjectives are highly effective in your writing. Compound adjectives are created by combining multiple words.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'participial adjective'
a past participle e.g. "delighted" that is being used as an adjective.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Students may confuse analogies with other comparative based figures of speech such as simile and metaphor. Correction: Encourage students to think of students as an extended example and the core purpose is explanation not the evocation of associations and related imagery.
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 inverted sentence structures and chiasmus for effect Study Guide
- Writing a compelling account Study Guide
- Writing concise and developed comparisons of non-fiction texts Study Guide
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