DESCRIBING DRAGONS Playing with noun phrases for description 60 second challenge: list as many objects as you can name in this picture Choose a head noun to describe in more detail e.g. beast Place a determiner and one or two adjectives in
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DESCRIBING DRAGONS Playing with noun phrases for description<br>
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60 second challenge: list as many objects as you can name in this picture<br>
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Choose a head noun
to describe in more
detail e.g. beast
Place a determiner
and one or two adjectives
in front of the noun e.g.
the spitting, snarling
beast Creating noun phrases for description<br>
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Make a new adjective
by using a hyphen:
steel-ribbed skin
sharply-pointed teeth
leather-like wings
Try placing a pair of
adjectives
after the noun:
teeth, sharp and pointed,
skin, ribbed and scaly, Creating noun phrases for description<br>
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Determiners a
this one their an her the his your our many some my those every any its another these that<br>
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Try out different
determiners:
those terrible claws
several spiked horns
its neck, strong and scaly, Creating noun phrases for description<br>
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Prepositions on
of over on top of under in for beside after before from between at through beyond with to like a… as…as a…<br>
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Add a prepositional
phrase e.g. starting ‘with’
or ‘of’:
a spitting, snarling beast
with a forked tongue
Merlin’s magic cloak of
protection Creating noun phrases for description<br>
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Use ‘as’ or ‘like’ to make
a simile:
scales as strong as armour
scales like chain mail Creating noun phrases for description<br>
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Use one noun to modify
another:
the mighty dragon with
claws of steel
a flickering tongue of fire Creating noun phrases for description<br>
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Add detail after the noun
with a relative pronoun
who, whose, which, that
claws that scraped the stony
floor
his cloak, which was woven
from magic threads Creating noun phrases for description<br>
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Determiners and adjectives:
another fierce creature
our brave, determined hero
Prepositional phrases:
the earth under its feet
eyes of fire
Relative pronouns:
a tongue that flicked out
the dragon, which spat flames, Different ways of creating a noun phrase<br>
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Uther Pendragon, brave and
determined, approached the cavern
where the legendary Kilgharrah dwelt.
Without warning, a terrible creature with
eyes of flame reared up before him. An
arched neck, which was covered in thick
scales, thrashed from side to side as
blade-like talons clawed the ground.
Could the cloak that was woven with
magic threads protect Uther Pendragon
now? Using noun phrases in sentences<br>
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He stared at the creature in front of him. Using noun phrases for description: can you carry on the story by describing the dragon? What do you want your reader to see, think or feel?<br>
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Nouns can be expanded in many ways
Additional information can be added before the noun and after the noun (pre and post-modification)
Nouns can be expanded with single words, phrases and clauses
The choice of vocabulary used within a noun phrase determines the mood/picture in the reader’s mind/information conveyed Big Ideas: Noun Phrases<br>
