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Writing Workshop Describing a Place

Writing Workshop Describing a Place. Feature Menu. Assignment Prewriting Choose a Place Consider Purpose, Audience, and Tone Gather Details State Your Controlling Impression Organize Your Details Practice and Apply. Describing a Place.

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Writing Workshop Describing a Place

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  1. Writing WorkshopDescribing a Place Feature Menu Assignment Prewriting Choose a Place Consider Purpose, Audience, and Tone Gather Details State Your Controlling Impression Organize Your Details Practice and Apply

  2. Describing a Place Assignment: Write an essay in which you describe a place that is both familiar and meaningful to you. Do you have a special place you go to think? to relax? to have fun? Some places have a character all their own. They affect the way we feel and act and stick in our memory. Share your personal picture of a place by writing a descriptive essay. This type of description, in which you express your attitude toward your subject, is called subjective description. [End of Section]

  3. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Choose a Place What are some places that are meaningful to you and that you know well? Think about • indoor places public library, grandmother’s kitchen, school gymnasium • outdoor spaces baseball stadium, apple orchard, skate park Also, think about places you can describe in a few pages.

  4. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Choose a Place Make a list of a few places you could describe well. Which ones would be most interesting to write about and to read about? Choose the one place that seems to stand out. [End of Section]

  5. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Consider Purpose, Audience, and Tone Purpose Your purpose is not only to describe a place but also to share your thoughts and feelings about it. • Subjective descriptions are usually written from a first-person point of view (using I, we, us, me, and so on.) Note

  6. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Consider Purpose, Audience, and Tone Audience Who is likely to read your essay? Teachers? Classmates? Friends? Family? Think about your audience as you decide what descriptive details to use and how to present them.

  7. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Consider Purpose, Audience, and Tone Tone Your tone is the attitude toward your subject that comes through in your writing. • Keep your tone informal and conversational. • Let your feelings about the place come across. • Whatever tone you choose, keep it consistent throughout your essay. [End of Section]

  8. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Gather Details Use three kinds of details in your description: sensory, factual, and figurative. • Sensory details are words and phrases that appeal to the five senses—sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. Make sure to include details from all the senses (not just sight). my team running onto the field (sight)the crack of the bat (hearing)smooth wooden seats (touch)hot dogs cooking (smell)warm, buttery popcorn (taste)

  9. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Gather Details Use three kinds of details in your description: sensory, factual, and figurative. • Factual details include names, dates, numbers, quotations, and true statements. My mother has been taking my sister and me to the ball park since I was a baby. (true statement) I’ll never forget September 27, 1999, the day the Tigers won the pennant. (date) The stadium seats about 12,000 people. (number)

  10. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Gather Details Use three kinds of details in your description: sensory, factual, and figurative. • Figurative details include similes, metaphors, and examples of personification. I always take my mitt with me; it’s like a reliable old pal, ready to help me catch a foul ball one fine day.

  11. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Gather Details Organize your details in a chart like this one:

  12. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Gather Details Finding Details

  13. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Gather Details [End of Section] Shifting Vantage Points

  14. Describing a PlacePrewriting: State Your Controlling Impression Your descriptive details will point you to a controlling impression, the main idea or feeling you want to express. ControllingImpression DescriptiveDetails DescriptiveDetails DescriptiveDetails Keep your controlling impression in mind as you draft your essay. It will help keep you focused.

  15. Describing a PlacePrewriting: State Your Controlling Impression When you state your controlling impression, make sure to clearly convey your perspective, or point of view, about the place you are describing. Tiger Stadium is a fun and exciting place to be. All the good times we’ve had there have strengthened our special family bonds. [End of Section]

  16. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Organize Your Details Arrange your details using either spatial order or order of importance. Spatial Order Organize details according to their location. You can describe a place • from top to bottom • from left to right • from far away to close up

  17. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Organize Your Details Arrange your details using either spatial order or order of importance. Order of Importance Organize details • from least important to most important OR • from most important to least important [End of Section]

  18. Describing a PlacePrewriting: Practice and Apply Using the information in this presentation, choose a place to describe. Then, gather details and organize them in a logical way. [End of Section]

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