by melaniewp | Apr 29, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Fragments, GCSE, Grammar, IGCSE, KS3, Punctuation, Technical Terms, Writing
A Fragment – is ‘an incomplete sentence’. In other words, it’s a sentence without a subject or a verb. What is the effect of using a fragment?[1] Sometimes this gives the effect of confusion, ragged thoughts. The incompleteness...
by melaniewp | Apr 3, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, GCSE, Grammar, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, Punctuation, Writing
Here are some examples of different ways to start sentences, grouped into categories.Placee.g. Among the trees, amber light glittered, softly.Beneath the ice, pike lurked.Inside the room was nothing but dust.Outside the town, dull sweeps of green spread into the...
by melaniewp | Apr 1, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, Describing Words, GCSE, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, SATs KS2, Sensory Language, Verbs, Vocabulary, Writing
If you want to write a story with more interesting description, try this – from age 8 to age 18. Sometimes a thesaurus is too big, too hard to use and you don’t know what word you’re looking for anyway. This sheet is for inspiration for stories....
by melaniewp | Mar 26, 2013 | Common Entrance, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Suspense, Technical Terms, Tension, Writing
1. Long sentences – (1) writers create a list of fearful or worrying details, which creates an overwhelming, claustrophobic or intense feeling. (2) Writers build suspense by leaving the most shocking thing to the end of a long sentence.2. Short sentences –...
by melaniewp | Mar 24, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Common Entrance, GCSE, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, Literature, Onomatopoeia, Poetry, Technical Terms, Writing
Onomatopoeia = a word that sounds like what it describes. Crash, bang, thump, boom, bang, hiss, plop, whistle, rustle, are the clearest examples.Can little kids learn it?Of course. Give them felt pens and get them to draw how they think the words should look....
by melaniewp | Mar 22, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, Literature, Pathetic Fallacy, personification, Poetry, Setting, Technical Terms, Writing
Pathetic Fallacy is a technique for creating atmosphere in a story.Emotions are given to setting, objects and / or weather. This often reflects the main character(s)’ mood, or the mood of the book e.g. stormy emotions are externalised in a physical...
