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How to write fiction that comes alive

Video How to write fiction that comes alive

TLF ID M021380

This short video for students shares some vividly illustrated tips on how to use language to make your fiction really come alive using metaphors, sensory imagery, onomatopoeia and avoiding cliches.

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Educational details

Year level

8; 9; 10

Topics Text structure Creating texts Literary devices Imagery (Literary devices) Aural imagery Editing Sentences (Grammar) Writing skills Metaphors Language conventions Imaginative texts Visual imagery Tactile imagery
Learning area
  • English

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  • Video
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  • © TED Conferences LLC. This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NonDerivative (CC BY-NC-ND) licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/.