Revisit the prose passage read yesterday. Look how clauses can be joined together using conjunctions such as as, when, since, because, before, whereas, after. Another way to join clauses is to use an –ing verb, e.g. the eagle soared above the surface of the sea, staring down into the glistening depths below.
Look at this simple sentence – The clouds gathered over the stormy sea. What could we do to make this really evocative? Remember that this means that it evokes (draws up) feelings. Try to expand the sentence so it’s really evocative. Here is one example – ‘The low, brooding clouds gathered menacingly over the stormy sea while gulls wheeled ever lower, shrieking and…’
Use the from simple sentences to evocative writing sheet about the sea and expand at least three of these to make them evocative, so that someone reading it gets a proper picture and also knows how to feel (scared, happy, peaceful, worried, angry…) when reading it. Your new sentences should really bring out (evoke) a particular feeling and should convey a really vivid ‘picture’.
From simple sentences to evocative writing
List the connecting words (conjunctions) or words ending –ing that you have used in your writing.
