Descriptive Writing

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Descriptive Writing

• Sense Impressions– Describe a banana split

• Sight• Hearing• Smell• Touch• Taste

Sense Impressions

–Describe a banana split–Sight My eyes devoured the large round tubs of ice

cream as I picked my favorite flavors of rocky road, vanilla, and praline.

–Hearing I heard the familiar shhhhh of whipped cream

being swirled atop my banana split.– Smell I could smell the warm sweet chocolate as she

placed the dessert in front of me.–Touch The frosty silver dish was icy cold.–Taste I could taste the soft banana, tangy cheery, and

light whipped cream as I took my first bite.

Spacial Order #1 of 2

•Describe a mountain– A. top to bottom– B. bottom to top– C. left to right– D right to left

Spacial Order #2 of 2

• Describing the Classroom• Near

• Far

Dominant Impression

• Establish in the thesis

“The spooky house on Dream Lane

gave me nightmares.”

Establish a dominant impression and then describe using senses

–sight–sound–touch–smell–taste

The spooky house on Dream Lanegave me nightmares.

Sight The black house was covered in moss and cobwebs.

Sound A wolf howled at the moon and bats cried in the distance.

Touch The front door knob was as cold as ice.

Smell As I opened the door, I smelled

the dust of years and years.

Taste As I inhaled, I could taste the damp and

mold that was growing in the house.