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Mastering Writing Structure: Flashbacks, Paragraphs, Juxtaposition

Learn how to effectively structure your writing using flashbacks to add detail & suspense. Explore long and short paragraphs for emphasis, as well as the technique of juxtaposition. Engage in a creative writing exercise to craft a story from heaven, incorporating flashbacks and various paragraph styles. Understand the purpose and impact of flashbacks, short paragraphs, juxtaposition, and long paragraphs in storytelling. Practice writing and receive peer assessment for improved storytelling techniques.

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Mastering Writing Structure: Flashbacks, Paragraphs, Juxtaposition

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  1. Today you will... • Learn how to structure your writing effectively. • All will use flashbacks to add detail/delay the reader. • Most will ALSO use a range of long and short paragraphs • Some will ALSO use juxtaposition

  2. ALL: use flashbacks • Man is sitting on a park bench. • A woman comes and sits next to him: she is pregnant. • The woman begins to cry because she doesn’t want to be pregnant. • The man hits the woman. • The woman is shocked but isn’t hurt. • The man apologises and explains what happened to him. • The woman realises she is happy to be pregnant. • The part happily.

  3. MOST: long paragraphs to build detail/short to emphasise • There I was, standing alone in the rain, feeling the pebbled rain pounding on my skull with complete freedom. I was alone. I was miserable. I was dying.

  4. SOME: use juxtaposition • Contrasting paragraphs: • Yesterday, the sun was shining, the birds were tweeting and life was good. • Today, the world has attacked me with all its might and I am left alone in the pounding rain. Where did yesterday go?

  5. Write a story from heaven • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ_4f_fb91M • What might heaven be like?

  6. Practise! • Paragraph 1: long descriptive paragraph describing your surroundings (HEAVEN) without revealing WHERE you are. • Paragraph 2: short paragraph revealing where you are. • Paragraph 3: long paragraph flashback to your life- family/friends etc. • Paragraph four: long paragraph describing your life the morning you died. (POSITIVE) • Paragraph five: short paragraph to highlight the horrors of your death. • Paragraph six: long paragraph describing your death.

  7. Test time! • Why are flashbacks effective? • What do short paragraphs do? • What is juxtaposition? • What do long paragraphs do?

  8. Practise! • Paragraph 1: long descriptive paragraph describing your surroundings (HEAVEN) without revealing WHERE you are. • Paragraph 2: short paragraph revealing where you are. • Paragraph 3: long paragraph flashback to your life- family/friends etc. • Paragraph four: long paragraph describing your life the morning you died. (POSITIVE) • Paragraph five: short paragraph to highlight the horrors of your death. • Paragraph six: long paragraph describing your death.

  9. Peer assessment • If the story is structured effectively, the reader will enjoy the story and be engaged throughout. • Read each other’s work and write: • A positive comment relating to the paragraphs or the order of information. • A target. For example: • You could have highlighted .... • You could have developed .... • You could have contrasted that with ... • You could have kept me in suspense for longer...

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