This is the perfect introduction lesson to descriptive/creative writing particularly for the start of a gothic writing unit. A Damp Forest is an initialism for a variety of literary techniques: Alliteration, adjectives, metaphor, similes, emotive language etc. This lesson is available in two differentiations. Higher Ability - More independent and already familiar with some of the techniques Lower Ability - Card sort matching of techniques, definitions and exampels for those less able, as well as a writing prompt.