Close reading techniques: descriptive writing extracts

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
Close reading techniques: descriptive writing extracts
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
English: Language
Resource type
Worksheet
Starter/Plenary
Genre
Unseen
Time period
Post-1900
Focus
Fiction
Genre
Fiction

Students analyse a range of short excerpts from popular fiction texts in this versatile resource. Would work well for introducing the study of unseen fiction extracts.

The activities explore pairs of comparative extracts which focus on:

  • the use of pronouns in presenting people
  • settings
  • characters.

 

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29/06/2021

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Good resource! Thank you.

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