Descriptive Writing

Descriptive Writing

Paper 1 Q5

How would you describe the image?

Use SPAMROD

(Simile, personification, ​alliteration, metaphor,repetition, Onomatopoeia and (adjectives, verbs, adverbs etc)

SHOW RATHER THAN TELL

CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO A SHOWING ONE:

AS I WAS WALKING DOWN THE DARK ALLEY, I FELT REALLY SCARED.

IT WAS POURING DOWN WHEN WE GOT THERE.

THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE ROOM

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

When you are analysing a story, you will look for

• Cohesive devices

• Language features

• Beginning, middle and end

• Climax and exposition

Multiple Choice

Her eyes were sapphires; bright and hard. Her gaze pierced my soul, making me her prisoner.

What language features are used in this sentence?

• Metaphor and similes

• Personifications and adverbs

• Metaphors, adjectives and verbs

• Onomatopoeia