PPT-Descriptive Writing

Notes and sensory stations 8 th grade ELA Writing Descriptively Definitions Descriptive writing The clear description of people places objects or events using appropriate details Descriptive writing should include. Teaching Voice. When I began teaching, I had no idea how to teach voice. I wasn't even sure what it was.. . I . asked several colleagues "How do you teach voice in writing?". . I'll . summarize their answers:. 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, . Use it in the following types of writing: Stories (Narrative), Poetry, Essays, Personal Letters, Emails, Texts, Facebook Posts, . Instagrams. , Tweets, and the list goes on and on and on. Follow- Up to I’m From. What is Descriptive writing?. A writing style that portrays people, places, things, moments, and theories with enough VIVID detail to help the reader create a mental picture of what is being written about.. Specific, Concrete Nouns. Precise nouns help your reader really see what you are describing.. General: Our neighbor Boo gave us several things and saved our lives.. Specific: Boo was our neighbor. He gave use two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. ~Harper Lee. To write a . descriptive. essay, you’ll need to describe a person, object, or event so vividly that the reader feels like he/she could reach out and touch it.. What do you smell? . What do you taste? . 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. May 2, 2014. Announcement. Assignment 3 final draft deadline changed. New deadline. :. Wednesday May 7 (11:59 pm). Today. Descriptive Writing. Consider this situation. You want to convince a foreign visitor that . Class 25. May 28, 2013. Today. Descriptive Writing (continued). Descriptive Writing. Tells a story about a specific thing (object, person, place). - Appeals to the senses: sights, sounds, smells, taste, feel. Introduce active and descriptive verb usage. vocabulary review. Scale of Abstraction. Concrete Words. Abstract Words. Dominant impression. Closed form prose. Open form prose. Thesis. Theme. Class discussion-. List all the literary genres you have heard of in the form of a mind map:. What can you guess about this genre?. spooky. the term ‘Gothic’ refers to the time period (middle 1700’s to early 1900’s). Descriptive Writing Descriptive writing gives readers a vivid image and enables them to imagine a scene clearly. Example: Non-descriptive sentence: There were grapes in the bowl. Descriptive sentence: May . 15, . 2014. Today. Descriptive Writing –descriptive style. Descriptive Writing. Descriptive writing has various uses.. A few examples. :. - Tourism (describing cities or resorts to potential customers). How is description different from narrative?. Description=. painting a picture in the reader's head of a particular scene using both varied vocab and descriptive techniques. 3rd person. 
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