Introducing Pathetic Fallacy - Year 5 and 6 - KS2 teaching resource

Introducing Pathetic Fallacy – Year 5 and 6 English Resource

Introduce your pupils to the literary technique of pathetic fallacy with this engaging and fully editable English resource. Introducing Pathetic Fallacy – Year 5 and 6 helps students understand how writers use weather and environment to reflect mood and emotion, and gives them the opportunity to practise the technique in their own writing.

This resource includes:

• A clear explanation of pathetic fallacy

• A comparison between pathetic fallacy and personification

• An identification activity to distinguish between the two techniques

• Guidance on why writers use pathetic fallacy in storytelling

• A writing task where pupils create their own examples, supported by an accompanying worksheet

Perfect as a standalone lesson or as part of a wider creative writing or descriptive language unit.

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