Structured Writing

How does the writer make the scene seem unsettling or unusual to the reader?
Success Criteria
• Identify a quotation that answers the question.
• Explain how the quotation answers the question.
• Explore another meaning of the quotation.
• Link either one of your ideas (explain or explore) with another quotation or idea in
the text.
Example
The writer makes the scene seem unsettling and unusual to the reader when he describes
the location as ‘this great dungeon’. This metaphor makes the setting seem like a prison and
suggests that there is no escape for the men. It also makes it sound dark and frightening.
The writer continues to make the reader feel unsettled by describing the ‘black tunnel’ which
seems ominous and hazardous.

Sentence Openers Word Bank Analysis Phrases

The location is presented as fear-provoking This provokes a reaction

unsettling when... from the reader...
disturbing
It sounds unusual when he This emphasises...
sinister
describes...
This suggests...
disconcerting
Dickens creates a sense of...
This implies...
atypical
This hints...