Exploring Visual Detail Through Noun Phrases in Character Description
Dive into the creative process of character development by exploring vivid noun phrases to establish a visual image. Encourage in-depth discussions and refinement of descriptions, enhancing the storytelling experience.
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Describe your character. Just write Let your pen take your imagination for a walk!
Exploring Detail Go back to your just write text and re-read it. Look again at your descriptions and add to them, amend them, or write down different options. Think about the detail you have provided in terms of the physical description of the character and establishing a visual image (e.g. clothes or other relevant objects/settings which help with characterisation (Arthurian myth). This is still a messy, playful, exploratory piece of writing: don t agonise over it!
Noun phrases to establish character Well-chosen noun phrases can create strong visual detail about characters: a lady, dark-haired and beautiful, wearing a gown of wine-red; the burial casket of a knight her fingers, long, white and dancing, the hood of his dark cloak, his face, parchment-silver and etched with age
Exploring Detail Look again at your descriptions of your Arthurian character. Refine your descriptions by making a list of noun phrases to describe your character. Keep thinking about the visual detail you want to convey. Tips for Teachers This is the important bit! Here, encourage students to explain and justify their choices to each other. You could also encourage students to take it in turns to ask a question that probes choices (you could model these or have questions displayed) and which help to develop the writing further. You could then let students develop their piece into a longer description, and then allow further opportunities to discuss their work. Choose one noun phrase/image that you are pleased with, and one you are less happy with, and then explain your thinking to a partner.
