2. STRONG DESCRIPTION
A DESCRIPTION may have just a few
details, or it may have dozens, but the
important thing is that they all work
together to create vivid image in the
reader’s mind.
3. FINDING DETAILS
You need to provide your readers with
details to help them imagine these
things.
A description without details is like a
frame without a picture:
you can’t expect your readers
to see anything if you don’t give them
something to look at.
5. OBSERVATION
Use it in something you
actually see.
What is your overall
impression?
What sounds do you hear?
To what could you compare
it?
6. RESEARCH
After observing it, a research
can help
Visit the library in your
school or neighborhood.
Encyclopedias and other
references contain detailed
information about almost
ever conceivable subject.
7. MEMORY
If you want to describe
something that you observed
in the past, use your
memory.
Create an image based on
everything that you
remember.
Let your mind review it,
noting details.
8. IMAGINATION
Use it if you want to describe
something that doesn’t exist.
Because the details is
imaginary, you can make up
all the details you need.
Create a details in your mind
examine it closely.
9. GUIDELINES IN SELECTING DETAILS
SPATIAL ORDER
(left to right)
(top to bottom)
ORDER OF
IMPORTANCE
(most to least)
ORDER OF IMPRESSION
(first attraction to the last
details)
