Year 7 - English
Using vivid imagery to describe dystopian settings
Dystopian settings: descriptive writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils learn to write atmospheric dystopian settings. They first review and deepen their understanding of sentence types, before looking at how to use figurative language and sophisticated punctuation to enhance their descriptions. They finally plan and write a dystopian setting.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use imagery to enhance a dystopian description.
Key Notes
- Imagery uses words that create a clear image in the reader's mind.
- Similes compare two things using words such as 'like' or 'as'.
- Personification gives human characteristics to something that is not human.
- A metaphor compares two things, by saying one thing is another.
- Language devices should match the tone that you have created.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Imagery: Imagery uses words that create a vivid image in the reader's mind
- Simile: Similes compare two things using words such as 'like' or 'as'
- Metaphor: Metaphors say something is something else, when it is not literally
- Vivid: A vivid image is clear and powerful and easily visualised
- Sentinel: a soldier or guard whose job is to keep watch
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils might mistake a simile for metaphor and vice versa.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Imagery uses words that create a clear image in the reader's mind. Similes compare two things using words such as 'like' or 'as'.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'Imagery'
Imagery uses words that create a vivid image in the reader's mind.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils might mistake a simile for metaphor and vice versa. Correction: Go through simile and metaphor definitions and examples slowly and explicitly.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Creating atmosphere in dystopian descriptions Study Guide
- Describing a setting to reflect dystopian themes Study Guide
- Planning a description of a dystopian setting Study Guide
- Revising sentence and punctuation types for a dystopian description Study Guide
- Understanding dystopias Study Guide
- Using a range of sentence types to describe dystopian settings Study Guide
- Using accurate sentences to describe dystopian settings Study Guide
- Using complex sentences to describe dystopian settings Study Guide
- Using compound sentences to describe dystopian settings Study Guide
- Using feedback to improve dystopian descriptions Study Guide
- Using punctuation accurately in dystopian descriptions Study Guide
- Using semantic fields to create a clear tone in dystopian writing Study Guide
- Using similes to create atmosphere in dystopian descriptions Study Guide
- Using sophisticated punctuation in dystopian descriptions Study Guide
- Writing a description of a dystopian setting Study Guide
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