PPT-Learning from Descriptive Text

Tamara L Berg Stony Brook University Vision Humans Language Tags canon eos macro japan vacation frog animal toad amphibian pet eye feet mouth finger hand prince photo art light photo . Add subtopics here. What is Descriptive . Writing?. What is Descriptive Writing?. The primary purpose of descriptive writing is to describe a  person, . place or thing in such away that a picture is formed in the reader's . A descriptive essay is simply an essay that . describes. something or someone by appealing to the reader’s senses: sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.. What, exactly, is a Descriptive Essay?. 1. . I can . use descriptive words and phrases to enhance my writing.. I can . use descriptive words and phrases . to enhance my writing.. Whenever . we saw Mrs. Lisbon we looked in vain for some sign of the beauty that must have once been hers. But the plump arms, the brutally cut steel-wool hair, and the librarian’s glasses foiled us every time. We saw her only rarely, in the morning, fully dressed though the sun hadn’t come up, stepping out to snatch up the dewy milk cartons, or on Sundays when the family drove in their paneled station wagon to St. Paul’s Catholic Church on the Lake. On those mornings Mrs. Lisbon assumed a queenly iciness. Clutching her good purse, she checked each daughter for signs of makeup before allowing her to get in the car, and it was not unusual for her to send Lux back inside to put on a less revealing top. None of us went to church, so we had a lot of time to watch them, the two parents leached of color, like photographic negatives, and then the five glittering daughters in their homemade dresses, all lace and ruffle, bursting with their fructifying flesh. Grammar Toolkit. Descriptive adjectives . Grammar Toolkit. Descriptive adjectives . A descriptive adjective gives . colour. , shape, size and feeling to a noun or pronoun. They work with nouns to give us clear and interesting pictures of people, places and things. Writing . What is a descriptive essay?. It . is a written assignment intended to describe the subject matter to the readers so that they get a complete understanding of the subject based on your description. It is a creative, personal, or simply artistic essay. Descriptive essay aims at creating a deeply involved and vivid experience for the reader. It is achieved not through facts and statistics as research paper but using detailed observations and descriptions.. Warm-Up . –. . Complete in notebook on a left page. What does the bold word in each sentence mean?. To complete the class project, all the students must . cooperate. .. The . co-directors. of the film are a brother and sister.. Using text structure. . When you look at the text structure of a text, you can find the big ideas and see how to organize your summary.. Chronological Order/Sequence. Description. Compare . and Contrast. Kim M. Michaud. EDEP 551. April 28, 2010. Cognitive . E. valuation Theory. Enhances achievement motivation . Specific . nonnormative. feedback regarding task performance – informational not controlling. Descriptive Statistics Part I Each slide has its own narration in an audio file. For the explanation of any slide click on the audio icon to start it. Professor Friedman's Statistics Course by H & L Friedman is licensed under a  Text is any piece of writing.. For example: . a letter . an email . a novel. a recipe . instructions . magazine/newspaper article . writing on a webpage or an advertisement. It is important when reading or writing any text to think about the . Simple & Complex. Descriptive Text. A descriptive text is a text that wants you to . picture. . what they are describing:. A novel might want you to . imagine. the characters and see them in your mind.. English for Junior High School. Class 8. By : Qurrata A’yun. In this section, you will learn how to:. Use the expressions for asking, giving, and rejecting a help;. Use the expressions for admitting and denying a fact;. Text 2. Text 3. Text 4. Text 5. Text 6. Text 7. Text 8. Text 9. Text 10. Text 11. Text 12. Text 13. Text 14. Text 15. Text 16. Text 17. Erbauer: . Max Mustermann (Ort). Bauzeit: xx Wochen. Steine: ca. 10.000. . Example:. Non-descriptive sentence: . There were grapes in the bowl.. Descriptive sentence: . The . plump purple . grapes in the bowl looked . tantalizing. .. Does your writing look like this example?.