Action Stories

Also try: Short Story Website Links. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. 1924. Full of action! The story features a big-game hunter from New York City who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Russian aristocrat….

Objective and Subjective

BASICS Objective VocabularyThat is, those things that can be observed in the photo. Subjective VocabularyThat is, those things that we can infer or assume from the photo. young boyyoung girlhands in the airt-shirtdeskApple computer happywinnerjoysuccessschool settingprimary school Remember that Objectivity is about those things that can be observed; subjectivity is about those things which we…

Connotation and Denotation

BASICS Revise the difference with the PowerPoint we went through in class, Year 10 English 2020. Worksheet on Understanding Connotation and Denotation: Intermediate Go here for a discussion about connotation, and some examples from literature and films: https://literaryterms.net/connotation/ and https://literaryterms.net/denotation/ Using Connotations in poetry writing: https://www.writingforward.com/poetry-writing/denotation-and-connotation-in-poetry-writing The emotional power of words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRt06AvUm0A ADVANCED Connotation and…

Narrative Point of View

Narrative Point of View is the perspective the story or writing is being told from. It is shown in the use of pronouns and there are three main types: What are the Different types of POV? What is it? Effect First Person Pronouns: I, me, my, mine, ours, we. First person tells us the thinking…

Poetic Techniques

Poetry Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWwFBGOBAQI Poetry Glossary: https://www.poetry4kids.com/lessons/poetry-dictionary-for-kids/ Figurative Language Sound Techniques Rhyme / Slant Rhyme Sometimes rhymes seem ‘forced’: that means, you have to say it too quickly to make it fit the pattern. Ken Nesbitt, a famous kid’s poet gives advice on how to avoid them here: https://www.poetry4kids.com/lessons/forced-rhymes-and-how-to-avoid-them/ The Raven is a poem by Edgar…