First things first...

Let’s learn to write non-fiction.

When you write non-fiction, you may write:

• an article
• a leaflet
• a diary
• a description.

- A description may describe the way people look, dress, their character, attitudes and abilities.

- A description may describe the way a place looks.

- A description may describe the way something feels, tastes and smells.

You must decide:

• Who will be my target audience?
• Who will read this writing?
• What is the purpose of my writing?
• Am I aiming to give somebody a picture of something I have experienced?
• Am I using my senses to impact the reader-seeing, hearing, feeling, touching, tasting?

Use imagery or figurative language:

• Metaphors - ‘princely paper.’
• Similes - ‘feeling like a princess.’
• Personification - ‘the rustling paper whispers softly.’
• Admirable adjectives and nouns - ‘mysterious parcel.’
• Powerful verbs and adverbs - ‘rummage eagerly.’

When you write to describe:

PARAGRAPH 1

• Write an introduction to set the scene.
• Have a colourful opening to get the attention of the reader.

PARAGRAPH 2, 3, 4...

• Write about each part of this experience in separate paragraphs - in the best order.

Conclusion

• Draw all your ideas together in a conclusion.

Remember:

• Use powerful words - verbs, adverbs, nouns and adjectives.
• Use similes and metaphors.
• Use connectives or conjunctions:
  • and or but (to join compound sentences)
  • or, so, if, when, while, after, before, because, unless, until, whereas, although (to join complex sentences)
  • use pronouns - who, which, whose, what, that
  • to link ideas use - firstly, later, therefore, on the other hand, at that moment, by this time, next, soon...
• Use a range of sentences -simple, compound and complex sentences
• Make personal comments