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Til my yumchaks were all oblong. Professor: Sorry about that. As I was saying, they often use words which have simply been made up, usually they are mixed up with normal words to make… Nonsense poetry ...

Janine: And the synonyms keep on coming. All those words that have the same meaning – you’re like a human thesaurus, Jeff! Jeff: Thanks, Janine. Well take Jimmy here, he could be described as defeated ...

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Different audiences are going to be interested in different things. Think about who you are writing for, what they already know and don’t forget to use language they will understand. Different ...

NARRATOR: Sometimes writing is used to tell us how to do things, like in an instruction or a manual. This alien wants to build a deck chair. But every time she tries…she ends up making something ...

The headlines are there to grab our attention, so they’re quite loud. Let’s move onto the more colourful bits. What’s this? ‘Lion escapes after 10 years in a circus’. The caption on this picture helps ...

Narrator: Oh no Brain! They’re not the same thing at all. In fact they’re really quite different. A hyphen is used to join two words together that describe a noun. They help us avoid confusion when ...

Narrator: So you want to write scary stories do you Frank? You might have planned your story, thought about its purpose, and researched your audience, but have you thought about context? Don’t worry ...

Narrator: Stories can be complex. But can also be very simple. Most stories follow a simple structure of beginning, middle and end. Don’t you just love the funfair, the games, the flashing lights, ...