WRITING TECHNIQUES

WRITING TECHNIQUES

There are a variety of writing techniques you can use to make your composition more interesting to the reader.

To begin or end your essay you can:

-address the reader directly i.e. write as if you were speaking to him/her.

e.g. You can imagine what life would be like without water.

-use direct speech to give somebody*s exact words, a quotation from a famous person or someone who has influenced your life, a proverb or assaying (i.e. a well-know phrase). In all cases it is necessary to use quotation marks.

e.g. After all An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

-use a rhetorical question i.e. a question that does not expect reply.

e.g. What would modern society be like without computers?

You can start a narrative by setting the scene i.e. by using the senses to describe the weather, atmosphere, surroundings and also to create mystery and suspense.

e.g. It was a cold winter*s night. The wind was blowing hard as Jack was walking down the dark empty street.

You can also use a variety of adjectives, adverbs and verbs to make your composition more attractive to the reader.

e.g. Hold on! Heken screamed to Bob as she desperately tried to help him get out the freezing water.