Friday 21st May 2021

LC: To identify and explain the author’s choice of adverbial starters.

Peacefully, the tree sat alone in the middle of the field. Like every other day, no sheep grazed beneath it, no squirrels swung from its large limbs and even the birds' usual feast of beetles and worms avoided its gnarled trunk. For all the life it sustained, the tree might as well have been an island floating among treacherous seas as the sun came up from behind the rocky mountains.
 

What adverbial starters can you see in the text above?

What mood did the author want to create by using the these adverbial starters?

Could we change the adverbial starters in order to have a different effect?

Standing out like a sore thumb, the tree sat alone in the middle of the field. Scared to do so, no sheep grazed beneath it, no squirrels swung from its large limbs and even birds' usual feast of beetles and worms avoided its gnarled trunk. Awkwardly, the tree might as well have been an island floating among treacherous seas as the sun came up from behind the rocky mountains.

What effect do we get now as the reader?

Re-write the paragraph below to have a different effect on the
reader.

Record this paragraph in your workbooks.

Immediately, he jumped back in surprise as the trunk began to crackle and spark. Unable to move from both shock and curiosity, he watched with wide eyes as the tree began to shudder. All of a sudden, the bark started to twist, turn and fold in on itself until it roughly resembled a human face. Then, a voice that sent tremors across the fields began to speak.