Creative writing purposes

Which of the following is not a form of writing to imagine, explore or entertain?

Annotate this short extract from Captain Scott's diary to show where the conventions of writing to explore have been used.

There are 9 modal verbs.

Look at the text opposite. What primary purpose has it been written for?

Choose the most powerful verb from each of the drop down menus to complete this piece of writing to imagine. There was no doubt about it! This monster, this natural phenomenon that had [blank_start]puzzled[blank_end] the learned world, and [blank_start]overthrown[blank_end] and [blank_start]misled[blank_end] the imagination of seamen of both hemispheres, was, it must be owned, a still more [blank_start]astonishing[blank_end] phenomenon, inasmuch as it was a simply human construction.

Drag and drop the annotations to show how sentence length and punctuation are being used in this piece of writing to imagine to create particular effects. The extract is taken from Pat Barker's novel Noonday which is set in London during the Blitz. Here two of the characters are attending a fire caused by a bomb.

Which of the following are forms of writing to entertain? Choose all that apply.

When creating a piece of writing to entertain it is O.K to use colloquial language, including slang terms and jargon.

Annotate this text to explain what makes it entertaining.

Which of the following are conventions of writing to imagine, explore and entertain? Choose all that apply.

Complete this piece of writing to describe by choosing the most powerfully descriptive words and phrases from the drop-down menu. It is the opening of a story about one soldier's experience on the battlefields during the First World War. The [blank_start]muddy field[blank_end] was [blank_start]empty[blank_end] and the cold wind was [blank_start]blowing on my[blank_end] face. I was [blank_start]alone[blank_end] and [blank_start]felt tired[blank_end]. I hadn't slept [blank_start]for a long time[blank_end]. My legs ached and my [blank_start]worn-out[blank_end] boots were [blank_start]heavy because of the mud[blank_end]. I could still hear the [blank_start]deafening sounds of fighting[blank_end]. Smoke [blank_start]rose slowly[blank_end] from the [blank_start]places where the bombs had fallen[blank_end]. I saw the [blank_start]broken remains[blank_end] of tanks that had been [blank_start]hit[blank_end] by shells. All around [blank_start]lay dead people in their uniforms[blank_end]. The frozen faces [blank_start]looked at[blank_end] me as I [blank_start]walked[blank_end]. I searched for my friend among the dead. I continued [blank_start]looking for hours[blank_end]. It [blank_start]got dark and cold[blank_end]. I had to go because [blank_start]it would have been dangerous to stay[blank_end].

Which of the following techniques could you use when writing to describe? Choose all that apply