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Writing Help Notes

The document provides an overview of various grammatical concepts, including conjunctions, synonyms, adverbs, and punctuation usage such as commas and apostrophes. It also explains the importance of verb tense consistency, spelling homophones correctly, and the use of figurative language like similes and metaphors. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for varying sentence structures to enhance writing clarity and engagement.

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Writing Help Notes

The document provides an overview of various grammatical concepts, including conjunctions, synonyms, adverbs, and punctuation usage such as commas and apostrophes. It also explains the importance of verb tense consistency, spelling homophones correctly, and the use of figurative language like similes and metaphors. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for varying sentence structures to enhance writing clarity and engagement.

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Conjunctions Connects clauses.

For example: and, so, but, because.


Can be at the start of a sentence: Although it was late, we still went outside.
Synonym Words with the same or similar meanings.
For example: 'joyful' is a synonym for 'happy'.
Adverbs Giving more information about a verb, explaining how, when, where or why an action is
taking place.
For example: She moved noisily.
Adverbial Adverbials are to explain how, where or when something happened; they are like
adverbs made up of more than one word.
For example: They found the dog, under the bridge.
Commas
Placed after the fronted adverbial at the start of a sentence.
after fronted For example: After the rain, Later in the day,
adverbials
Commas to
clarify To make sure the sentence makes sense.
meaning & For example: Let’s eat, Grandma.
avoid Let’s eat Grandma.
ambiguity
Punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a
quotation begins and ends. They wrap around all the spoken words and
Inverted commas
punctuation.
For example: “ Where are you?”
When two words are put together missing out some letters, add an
Apostrophes: contraction apostrophe where the letters are missing.
For example: I am – I’m
To show that something belongs to someone.
Apostrophes: possession For example: Jane’s bag.(singular).
The boys’ bags. (plural).
Using verb tenses
To check that all writing follows in the same tense – time- past, present or
consistently and
future.
accurately
Spelling common Words which sound the same but have different meanings or spellings.
homophones correctly For example: Rose-a flower. or rose – past tense of rise.
Here - a place or hear- to listen to a sound.
A noun phrase has a noun and adjective but expanded noun phrases are more
Including expanded noun detailed.
phrases For example: The tall boy standing by the tree.

Use words and ideas to suggest meaning and create mental images.
For example:
A simile is a comparison phrase 'like' or 'as'.
The pond was like a shiny, round coin.
A metaphor is a comparison which is not literally true by suggesting that
something is something else.
You are the light of my life. (Meaning: you give me hope and happiness.)
Using figurative language Personification gives an object human characteristic:
The warm sun smiled down on us.
Onomatopoeia when a word makes the sound of the thing it describes boom,
crack.
Hyperbole exaggeration is used for effect.
I had to read a book that was about a million pages long

Twist sentences avoid pronouns.


Varying sentence starts
For example: Unexpectedly, As they, Although…

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