VC2E6LA08

examine how authors use vivid vocabulary and figurative language, such as metaphors, similes, personification, idioms, imagery and hyperbole

• exploring how figurative language (for example, metaphors, personification and idioms) can be used to create vivid and less predictable shades of meaning
• identifying authors’ use of vivid and emotive vocabulary in persuasive texts, for example the vocabulary used in reviews
• discussing texts, using vocabulary to name text structure, literary devices and language features; for example, using words that name the literary device used in a poem