How Language Choices Affect the Reader
CONCEPTUALEvaluate how authors use language including figurative language, considering the impact of word choices, imagery, and literary devices on the reader
Mastery Evidence
- Explain how a specific metaphor or simile affects the reader's understanding or emotions
- Evaluate an author's choice of descriptive language and its impact on atmosphere
- Compare how different authors use figurative language to achieve similar effects
Assessment Prompt
“When [child] reads a descriptive passage with figurative language — like "the sun was a burning eye" — can they explain what image or feeling the author was creating and whether it was effective?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
Eng.UKS2.Read.Comp.3The national curriculum in EnglandDiscuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.
Prerequisites2
- Expressive and Sensory LanguagesoftAges 6—9
- Similes & MetaphorshardAges 9—11
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- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
Recognising literary language requires listening comprehension of stories/poetry
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Similes & Metaphors hard
Evaluating figurative language requires understanding similes and metaphors
- Expressive and Sensory Language soft
Literary language recognition provides context for understanding how similes and metaphors function within texts
- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
Recognising literary language requires listening comprehension of stories/poetry
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Literal vs Figurative Language hard
Identifying similes and metaphors requires the ability to distinguish literal from figurative language
- Expressive and Sensory Language hard
Distinguishing literal from nonliteral builds on recognising literary language and sensory words
- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
Recognising literary language requires listening comprehension of stories/poetry
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Shades of Meaning soft
Understanding figurative language connects to distinguishing shades of meaning
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
Unlocks2
- Figurative Language and Literary DeviceshardAges 11—14
- Advanced Figurative LanguagehardAges 11—14