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EFFECTIVE DESCRIPTION

EFFECTIVE DESCRIPTION. Techniques to include in your draft Thanks to Mrs. Pomerantz for her contributions to some slides!. Dominant Impression. Overall attitude, mood, or feeling about the subject Implied thesis of the descriptive essay This is your point—define it clearly.

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EFFECTIVE DESCRIPTION

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  1. EFFECTIVE DESCRIPTION Techniques to include in your draft Thanks to Mrs. Pomerantz for her contributions to some slides!

  2. Dominant Impression • Overall attitude, mood, or feeling about the subject • Implied thesis of the descriptive essay • This is your point—define it clearly

  3. Include appeals to five senses • SIGHT • Shape • Size • Color • Specific details • SOUND • Descriptive adjectives (the type of sound) • Active sound verbs • Comparisons • Onomatopoeia

  4. MORE SENSES • SMELL and TASTE • Comparisons • Descriptive Adjectives • Intensity • Pleasantness • Type • TOUCH • Texture • Temperature • Weight • Intensity

  5. VIVID LANGUAGE • ACTIVE VERBS • Vivid, detailed and specific • Show, not tell • The team captain proudly accepted the award. vs. • The team captain marched to the podium, grasped the trophy, and gestured toward his teammates. • COMPARISONS • Simile • Metaphor • Personification

  6. Connotative Language • Words have subtle variations in meaning • Select words that strengthen your dominant impression.

  7. Vantage point • The position from which one writes a description • Fixed = staying in the same position or place • For example - Standing in the center of a room and looking around • Moving = describing from a number of different positions or places • For example - Looking at an object from above, eye-level, and below • Examining something from both far away and close up

  8. Methods of Organization • Spatial • Chronological

  9. Methods of Organization • Least to Most • Most to Least • You choose a logical organizational method based on your topic!

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