Descriptive Writing :
Descriptive Writing Demands close observation of people, places, objects, and/or our own feelings and emotions
Paints pictures with words.
Uses the five senses to make the reader feel he is there
Descriptive writing :
Descriptive writing A description of a little boy’s day:
I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard . . . and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
From Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst.
Descriptive writing :
Descriptive writing "I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree. The tree was planted in the middle of a great round table, and towered high above their heads. It was brilliantly lighted by a multitude of little tapers; and everywhere sparkled and glittered with bright objects. There were rosy-cheeked dolls, hiding behind the green leaves; and there were real watches (with movable hands, at least, and an endless capacity of being wound up) dangling from innumerable twigs; there were French-polished tables, chairs, bedsteads, wardrobes, eight-day clocks,"...
From “A Christmas Tree” by Charles Dickens
Descriptive writing uses :
Descriptive writing uses Active Verbs
Similes
Metaphors
Adjectives
Adverbs
All five senses
Which is more descriptive? :
Which is more descriptive? * I felt tired at work today.
* As my working day wore on, a cramp began to form at the nape of my neck, my eyes drooped, and the computer screen in front of me began blurring.
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING :
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING The best descriptions have a focus. They aren’t just lists of everything in the scene thrown together.
Focus on the final impression that is created.