A presentation about descriptive essay writing with writing activities

1. Painting picture with words

2. *Descriptive writing paints a picture for the reader.
Let the reader share your experience through your
words. Show it! Don’t tell it!
Use imagery that appeal to the 5 senses:
*Touch
*Taste
*Smell
*Sound
*Sight
*Imagery: The use vivid description to create
pictures, or images, in the reader’s mind

3. *
*Be specific! Give specific details. Expand your ideas!
*Be original and creative! Don’t use clichés.
*Expand your imagination!
*Use figurative language to make strong comparisons
*(similes, metaphors, personification).
*Use sensory details that appeal to the 5 senses.

4. *Find the sensory details
The fire burnt vigorously with a tall, roaring flame
funneled upwards by the upcoming breeze.
The heat was intense and the smoke dark
and acrid, stinging the eyes and forming a
somber backcloth to the bright glowing flames.

5. *

6. *Example
Instead of this:
*The hot, yellow sun went behind the mountain and
covered the valley in red.
Try this:
*The sun cut itself on a sharp peak and bled into the
valley.—John Steinbeck

7. *

8. *
“Dark shapes glide through the night sky on
silent wings, their sinister shadows outlined
against the light of a full moon.
Swooping down to the earth, they hover near
houses and deserted buildings, breaking the
peace of the night with their disturbing
presence. Carriers of disease, drinkers of blood,
companions of witches and demons, bats – the
very word brings a shiver of fear to most
people.”
~ Sylvia A. Johnson, Bats

9. *
“Anybody could see how cold it got.The wind already
had glass edges to it, stiffening muscles and
practically cutting through the stitches of our
clothes.
When it blew, the chill stabbed our teeth like icicles,
and our voices jiggled every time we talked.”
From Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vidaby Victor Martinez