Friends play an important role in everyone's life. The author describes their best friend Sally, who they met three years ago at school. Sally is medium height and fit, with light skin, beautiful long dark hair, and is very attractive. She is diligent, hard-working, independent, and likes to accomplish things on her own, but is always willing to help others in need, such as helping the author with a math problem without hesitation. The author feels fortunate to have such a true friend as Sally and wants to remain friends with her forever.

1. Descriptive
Writing
about a
friend

2. Preparation
1
Revision
3
Writing
2
Time to plan!

3. Start with a general topic
sentence
Focus on the most striking
part of their appearance
Focus on physical details that hint
at the person’s personality
Use strong adjectives throughout
your descriptive paragraph.
Preparation for writing
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4. Describing physical appearance
Physical appearance:
• Height- short, tall, medium height, of average height, dwarf
• Skin- tanned, pale, fair, dark, light
• Build- thin, skinny, slim, fat, overweight, plump, well-built, fit
• Hair- long, short, medium length, shoulder length, straight, wavy,
curly, dark, blond, brown, fair
• Face- babyface, beard, mustache

5. Describing character & personality
General strong adjectives:
~Female: Beautiful, pretty, gorgeous, youth-appearance
~Male: handsome, well-built, muscular
~Both: ugly, funny, elegant, stylish, attractive, smart, polite, kind, nice, friendly,
cute, responsible, talkative, lazy, honest, generous, good-looking, diligent,
brave, patient, confident, reliable, independent, dependent.

6. - Out of all my friends, only
one is my best friend.
- The closest and most special
person in you life is the
person you call your best
friend.
- Friends play an important
part/role in everyone’s life.
Engage the reader

7. - I am very lucky to have a friend like _____.
- I am thankful for having ______ in my life.
- I am grateful to have ______ in my life.
- I am very fortunate that I have a true friend like ______.
+ and I want to be friends with him/her forever.
Closure

8. Friends play an important role in everyone’s life and out of all my
friends, only one is my best friend. Sally is the one I am proud to have as
a best friend. We both met at school three years ago. Sally is medium-
height and fit. She is light skinned with a beautiful long dark hair. She is
very attractive and the most beautiful girl in our class. Sally is very
diligent and hard-working. She is very independent and likes to get
things done by herself. She dislikes when others rely on her or take
advantage of her, yet , she willing to help anyone in need. I remember
when I needed help to solve a math problem and she helped me with
no hesitation. I am very fortunate that I have a true friend like Sally and I
want to be friends with her forever.

9. Thank you <3
Tawil Duha