| Active verbs
are used (Instead of The old woman was in
his way try The old woman barred his path). |
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The first person (I, we)
or
the third person (he, she, they). |
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| The past tense is used. |
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| Conjunctions (linking words to do with time) are used. |
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| Specific nouns
(oak instead of tree). |
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| Adjectives
and adverbs
are used. |
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Uses the senses:
- What does it smell like?
- What can be heard? What can be seen?
- What does it taste like?
- What does it feel like?
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| A variety of sentence beginnings are used. |
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| It has an impact on the reader. The personal voice of the writer comes through. |
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| Narratives often use: |
- Similes
(The sea looked as rumpled as a blue quilted dressing
gown; The wind wrapped me up like a cloak).
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- Metaphors
(She has a heart of stone; He is a stubborn mule;
The man barked out the instructions).
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- Onomatopoeia
(crackle, splat, ooze, squish, boom. The tyres whirr
on the road; The pitter-patter of soft rain; The mud oozed and squished
through my toes).
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- Personification
(The steel beam clenched its muscles; Clouds limped
across the sky; The pebbles on the path were grey with grief).
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