descriptive writing – first practice take out a blank piece of notebook paper and number 1- 20....

Descriptive Writing – First Practice• Take out a blank piece of notebook paper and number 1-

20. Please know you will eventually be submitting this to turnitin – so if you want to start by typing this – feel free! It is up to you!

• Go through the 20 prompts. You need to complete the prompt. If you are not told to use a specific number of words you need to write a complete sentence for your response. Whether you are writing one word or a full sentence, be sure you are thinking about strong description (like the 10 terms we went over) – bring the image to life! Focus on the idea of showing and not just telling.

1. List the four colors

that you see.

2. What do you hear in

this picture?

3. What smells run rampant in

this picture?

4. Choose one word

to describe

this picture.

5. List the first five

words that come to

your mind as you see

this picture.

6. What can be heard in this picture?

7. What can be felt in this picture?

8. What is the image in the picture wanting to say. . .

9. What two colors do you

see?

10. What emotions are evident here?

11. What can be

tasted in this

picture?

12. What can be felt in this

picture?

13. What four

emotions might the girl

in the innertube be

feeling?(Does she know the

shark is there? Hmmmm.)

14. What emotion is this picture most like?

15. What does this

person love?

16. What are the first two words that come to mind when you see this picture?

17. What is the

celebration?

18. What is this dog

thinking?

19. There are two cups of

coffee here – what was the

topic of discussion of those people before they

left the table?

20. What sounds can

be heard here?

You will submit this to turnitin when you are

finished!