1. Painting Pictures with Words
Karen S
Wright

2. •When writing a
descriptive paper,
use the five senses
to appeal to your
audience;
•The five senses
help to paint a
picture with words..

3. Example: Gooey, homemade cookies and cakes
lusciously drip with chocolate heaven while filling
the air with a rich cocoa aroma.
How does it
smell?
How does
it taste?
What are the
textures?
What does it
look like?

4. Example: Spring is
like the promise of
a new opportunity,
a new beginning, or
hope.

5. Example: The
depth of the
flowing river that
winds through
the tiny village is
like the depth of
the human soul.

6. Use personification to give human
characteristics to inanimate objects
Example: With
majestic arms
stretching
toward the sky,
the tree waited
to embrace the
setting sun.

7. Vivid words will paint a vibrant picture.
Example: Angry
crashing waves
unrelentingly whip
the humble,
century-old
lighthouse causing
it to succumb with
a mighty fall.

8. 1. Chronological/Sequ
ential
2. Spatial
3. Psychological
There are the three main patterns used for
descriptive writing.

9. This kind of order arranges events in the
order that they happen in time.
•Wake up
•Meet Friends
•Attend school
•Eat lunch
•Study
•Eat dinner
•Go to work

10. This kind paragraph discusses logical order
just like this city’s logical order of buildings.
•Organizational
order
•Order of a room
•Order of a town
•Order of a city

11. Up Down Next
Beside Behind Under
South North East
West Above Over

12. This kind of paragraph discusses the
importance of events, objects, or things.
•Most important to
least important
•Least important to
most important
•Over-rated to
under-rated
•Under-rated to
over-rated

13. Descriptive
writing carefully
paints colorful
pictures in
meaningful ways
to create images
in the mind.