How Metaphors are used in writing.

Pupil outcome: I can use a range of meaningful and relevant evidence to support my language analysis. Key learning points: - When looking for quotations useful for analysis, we need to ensure our evidence is relevant and meaningful. -...

Pupil outcome: I can explore the poem 'Sympathy' and use it, and the poem 'Caged Bird', to inspire my own writing. Key learning points: - Angelou was inspired to write 'Caged Bird' after reading a poem called 'Sympathy' by Paul Laurence...

Pupil outcome: I can explore how Stevenson presents attitudes to social class through Utterson in ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ Key learning points: - Social divide is a key idea here, highlighted because the reader sees Soho through the middle...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Liz Berry presents the importance of voice and identity. Key learning points: - The subject of the poem is likely the speaker’s relative. - The speaker implies that the subject felt is necessary to hide...

Pupil outcome: I can craft an effective opening and closing paragraph for a persuasive speech. Key learning points: - It is important to consider how the tone of a speech opening will engage the audience and establish your viewpoint. -...

Pupil outcome: I can explore Maya Angelou's poetic voice in well-structured analytical paragraphs. Key learning points: - We can make comments about Angelou's poetic voice by considering a number of her poems at the same time. - When...

Pupil outcome: I can plan and structure a cohesive argument for a poetry comparison essay. Key learning points: - Introduction and topic sentences should use comparative and correlative conjunctions. - Within a wider similarity, explore...

Pupil outcome: I can write an engaging descriptive opening paragraph using an omniscient perspective and extended metaphor. Key learning points: - Using an omniscient perspective allows the reader to be more immersed in a scene...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Femi uses star imagery, caesuras, and structural choices to express ideas of prejudice and perception in 'Thirteen'. Key learning points: - Femi uses “star” imagery throughout the poem to perhaps...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Dharker presents her attitude towards power and conflict in 'Tissue'. Key learning points: - This poem is part of Dharker’s collection 'Terrorist at My Table' written at a time when her partner was...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Robinson presents ideas of identity and heritage in 'A Portable Paradise'. Key learning points: - Robinson moved to Trinidad aged four with his Trinidadian parents and then returned to England after...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Heaney presents the power of nature and ‘The Troubles’ of Northern Ireland in ‘Storm on the Island’. Key learning points: - ‘Storm on the Island’ can be read as a poem about the power of nature on the...

Pupil outcome: I can identify and comment on the effect of interesting structural features in ‘After Dark’. Key learning points: - Structure refers to the way a text has been organised. - Different structural features can have different...

Pupil outcome: I can analyse Murakami's use of semantic field and extended metaphor. Key learning points: - A semantic field is a group of words linked together via their meaning. - Semantic fields can help to create extended metaphors....

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Blake presents internal conflict in this poem. Key learning points: - Taken from Blake's 'Songs of Experience', the poem helps children understand the negative world they live in. - 'A Poison Tree'...

Pupil outcome: I can explore Maya Angelou's 'Caged Bird'. Key learning points: - An extended metaphor is a detailed comparison which develops one idea over a number of lines, paragraphs or stanzas. - In 'Caged Bird', the idea of a bird...

Pupil outcome: I can use single paragraph outlines to plan a written response. Key learning points: - Consider using paragraphs to zoom in and out of key details, in your description - Imagery can be used to link your paragraphs,...

Pupil outcome: I can structure my piece of gothic writing to build tension. Key learning points: - It is important to create tension in Gothic writing because it keeps your reader in a state of anticipation. - Keeping the reader in a...

Pupil outcome: I can identify how model answers meet the ambitious success criteria. Key learning points: - Excellent descriptions and narratives will focus on describing details, rather than trying to write too much - Figurative...

Pupil outcome: I can analyse how Armitage uses literary methods to portray the complexities of a mother-son relationship. Key learning points: - Armitage uses an extended metaphor to compare an expansive new house to the growing distance...

Pupil outcome: I can identify similarities and differences between ‘Sonnet 29’, ‘Love's Philosophy’ and ‘Letters from Yorkshire’. Key learning points: - Shelley, Barrett-Browning and Dooley use natural imagery in their poems to depict an...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Blake uses language, form and structure to explore ideas of conflict. Key learning points: - There are repeated references to both day and night in the poem, illustrating the all consuming nature of...

Pupil outcome: I can analyse the writer's choices of rhetorical and persuasive devices. Key learning points: - Looking for patterns within the language makes analysis more perceptive. - Having an awareness of the text as a whole enables...