Descriptive Writing

 

Descriptive writing includes words that give the reader sensory information about feelings, activities, sights, smells, sounds tastes and touch. The opening sentence of a descriptive paragraph states what is to be described. The rest of the paragraph uses action verbs, adverbs, and adjectives that tell what is happening and the shape, size, and color of what is being described.

EXERCISE

Your assignment is to write an article in WORD describing a friend. You do not need to give the name of your friend. You may use a mind map to generate ideas. A mind map is a quick and easy way of putting together similar ideas. The map lets you see how your ideas are hooked together. In making a map,you use key words and phrases. You do not need to use complete sentences. A mind map for this exercise might look like this:

  • Physical Characteristics
    • Size - height, weight, build
    • Age - youthful, mature, babyish
    • Sex - male, female
    • Facial features - lips, nose, eyes, hair
    • Movement - calm, slow, quick, jerk
  • Dress
    • Style
    • Neat or sloppy
    • In fashion
  • Personality
    • Relationships with others
    • Interpersonal skills
    • Strengths and weaknesses
    • Moods

Prepare a mind map to brainstorm the article describing your friend. With the mind map as  a guide, write a draft copy of your article using WORD. Double-space the copy. Remember that in the draft copy you do not need to worry about correctness. Save the document as YOURLASTNAMEFRIEND.

 

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