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WALT: use emotive language build suspense

Why is the use of emotive language a good feature of persuasive writing?

Emotive language is the term used when certain word choices are made to evoke an emotional response.

Some words evoke a strong emotional reaction in the majority of readers or listeners. As an author, you have the opportunity to influence your

reader's opinion and the right words hold a certain weight that is hard to ignore.

E.g. appalling, heavenly, pride, justice, destroyed, vindicated, betrayed etc.

When using emotive language, you are the narrator and the judge at the same time.

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WALT use emotive language build suspense

Adjectives - appalling, wonderful, heavenly, magical and tragic.

Abstract Nouns - freedom, pride, justice, love and terror.

Verbs - destroyed, vindicated, saved, betrayed and adored.

Emotive words can be:

How does this make you feel? What are the emotive words?

After Christmas every year, there are thousands of abandoned puppies left to wander the streets, scared and alone.

Only your support can rescue them.

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WALT use emotive language build suspense

What part of our extract are we writing today? What did we write about yesterday?

What emotion would we want our readers to feel?

Boudicca has just defeated and destroyed Londinium, Romans have retreated and Boudicca

wants to now march on to St Albans.

In today's writing, we want to focus on creating suspense.

Will she finally be stopped?

Will Boudicca

defeat the

Roman army?

TTYP: What is suspense? How can you create suspense in writing?

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WALT use emotive language build suspense

Boudicca has just defeated and destroyed Londinium, the Romans have retreated and Boudicca now wants to march onto St.Albans. Londinium has been left in a state of utter devastation. Boudicca spared no one; her wrath was felt by all. She marches on ... fearlessly. Could she conquer the Romans?

Let's have a go at writing the start of the next part in Boudicca's journey together. We will use emotive language and also build in suspense.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zpgjy4j

(the use of ellipsis)

Marching on Verulamium (St Albans)