Descriptive Writing

A description that offers no commentary or larger context created by the author's mood or tone

A description that offers more than just detail (in which the author's attitude towards the subject is clear) is NOT objective but...

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

How can you effectively inform and surprise the reader when writing a description?

• By writing something scary

• By writing a plot twist

• By allowing them to see what you are describing in a new way or from a different perspective

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When creating a strong visual sense or impression of the subject, the writer should...

• overload the description with details.

• choose only the details that will most effectively contribute to the impression.

• describe it carefully using spatial organization

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What are the 5 sensory response systems that a writer should use when writing a description?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How should sentence style and word choice be used in writing a description?

• Word choice and sentence style should match the subject and the purpose; the words and style should reinforce the mood.

• Sentence style and word choice are not relevant to writing a description.

• Word choice and sentence style should not match the subject and the purpose; the words should not take away from the visual that the description creates.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

To make abstract concepts or unfamiliar subjects more concrete and more visual, the writer could...

• Give examples to illustrate the concepts

• Use rhetorical devices, such as, metaphors and similes

• Describe them well with specific, vivid words

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

List subjects that you could write a description of:

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5