Descriptive writing

Descriptive Writing

What is a descriptive writing?

OBJECTI VES

• Explain and apply common rules for using commas

- Logically connect sentences and paragraphs

- Use a wide range of topic vocabulary with support

- Write a science fiction story with limited support

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A description is a picture in words that helps the reader see, hear, taste, smell, or feel something that the writer has experienced.

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What sense is used in the following sentence?

The houses will be underground, and they will have no doors and no windows.

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What sense is used in the following sentence?

As people walk into a room, the floor will say ‘hello’ in a pleasant woman’s voice.

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What sense is used in the following sentences?

The cakes will be very delicious. They will have different flavors which will melt in your mouth.

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What sense is used in the following sentence?

When people come home, they will know at once what they are going to eat, because the air will be yummy.

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What sense is used in the following sentence?

Cold rain will hit in the face as people cross streets.

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When we write a description, we must remember to:

• begin with interesting opening sentences that tell what the description is about

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• use words that create a picture in the reader’s mind

• write important details about what you are describing

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• put details in time order, spatial order, or in order of importance

• use sense words that help your reader picture what you are describing

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• connect your sentences and paragraphs with linking words

• and
• or
• but
• because
• so
• although

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• end in a way that concludes the description

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Paragraph Structure

Topic Sentence (Main Idea)

Major Supporting Detail

Minor supporting detail

Major Supporting Detail

Minor supporting detail

Major Supporting Detail

Minor supporting detail

Closing Sentence

(Repeat in other words the Main Idea or Make a Prediction)

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• Don’t forget to give your story an exciting title!

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