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Descriptive or “Showing” Language
Painting an Original Picture with words
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Purpose of Descriptive Writing
Describe something in an original and unique so that it appeals to the five senses
Touch it
Taste it
Hear it
See it
Smell it
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Keys of Being Descriptive
Be originalBe creativeStretch your imaginationFor example, instead of this:
The hot, yellow sun went behind the mountain and covered the valley in red.
The sun cut itself on a sharp peak and bled into the valley.—John Steinbeck
Try this:
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How’s This?
She was super hero beautiful. Her hair was as black as coal, her lips red as blood.
Is this original and creative?
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Clichés: The Descriptive Killer
1 : a trite phrase or expression; Also : the idea expressed by it2 : something (as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace
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Finding Clichés Through Experience
If you have seen it
Or heard it
It’s probably a cliché
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Finding Clichés Through Others
Ask someone really old
(You know, anyone over 21)
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Finding Clichés On-line
Choose a keyword to look up
Go to a cliché website and look up the keyword
Cliché finder is one of the best places to
look:
http://www.westegg.Com/cliche/
You may have to try more than one keyword
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Fixing Clichés
Identify the clichésReplace them with more descriptive writingThink of a new comparisonLook up words in a thesauruswww.m-w.com
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A Little Practice
Each of you will be given a poem Identify ALL the clichésReplace five of them (you can choose the easiest ones if you’d like)Don’t worry about making it rhymeWe’ll do the first stanza together
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Which of the following do think are clichés?
She’s as pure as the driven snow,
Her face is as white as a sheet,
Her hands are as smooth as silk,
Her nails as red as a beet.
She’s as
pure as the driven snow,
Her face is as white as a sheet,
Her hands are as smooth as silk,
Her nails as red as a beet.
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Same Old New Girl
She’s as pure as the driven snow,
Her face is as white as a sheet,Her hands are as smooth as silk,Her nails as red as a beet.Her hair is like the golden sun,Her eyes blue like the sky,She’s as beautiful as an angel,and as hot as a firecracker on the 4th of July.Her temper is as quick as lightning,Her hatred cold as ice,Her laughter is loud and clear,But her crying is as quiet as mice.
