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Characteristics of Descriptive writing
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Characteristics of Descriptive writing
Purpose
Organization
Portrays people, places, or things with vivid details to help readers visualize or create a mental picture of what is being described.
Description tells what something looks, smells,tastes, feels, and sounds like.
- The Introduction
- should establish purpose. Think about the reason you are writing this.
- sets tone for impression. What do you want your reader to focus on?
- The Body
- includes details (sensory, factual, figurative).
- includes thoughts and feelings
- should be arranged in a local order.
- has transitions that connect ideas
- Conclusion
- restates the impression/main idea.
- may summarize major points in body.
Good descriptive essays include:
1. Sensory Details: appeals to all senses
2. Figurative Language: compares two unlike things. Examples:
- Simile- comparing two things using like or as: busy as a bee.
- Metaphor- comparing two things without using like or as: her eyes are vast stars.
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3. Dominant Impression: central theme that connects to the thesis.
4. Precise Language: use vivid vocabulary and good word choice.
5. Organized: by time, location, etc.
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