Want to brush up on your descriptive writing? Learn to use adjectives, imagery, alliteration and onomatopoeia in this BBC Bitesize KS3 English guide.

In National 5 English learn how to include descriptive details which will make the characters and settings in your creative writing seem more convincing.

This is possible only when you make a conscious effort to include all the three types of descriptive words, we have just discussed, in your everyday rejoinders in written or spoken language.

In addition to descriptive phrases, I’ve included a list of headings/taglines and transitional phrases to amp up your verbiage. Read the full blog.