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WARM-UP WARM-UP SEPTEMBER 9, SEPTEMBER 9,
20112011• Respond to the following
question in your composition notebook:
•What makes a story come alive?
POPCORN POPCORN NARRATIVENARRATIVE
WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE WRITING?WRITING?
The primary purpose of descriptive writing is to describe a person, place or thing in such away that a picture is formed in the reader's mind. It does not tell the reader that the flower is beautiful, it shows them the flower is beautiful. The reader feels like he/she is a part of the writer's experience of the subject.
Descriptive writing is used in all types of writing (Expository, Narrative, and Persuasive) to create a vivid and lasting impression of the person, place or thing.
WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE WRITING?WRITING?
Descriptive writing uses the following: Sensory Details: Sensory Details:
details that appeal to one or more of the five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Elaboration:Elaboration: the process of adding further detail to plain declarative statements
FIRST, DESCRIBE FIRST, DESCRIBE YOUR POPCORNYOUR POPCORN
Step 1: Step 1: As you hear, smell, see, touch and taste your popcorn, answer all the questions on the your popcorn brainstorm worksheet.
Step 2: Step 2: Write your first draft. Write a paragraph in which you try to convey specific impressions of the popcorn.
SENSORY SENSORY DETAILSDETAILS
Step 3: Step 3: Read your draft. Have you used vivid descriptions? Does your writing include ALL five senses?
Step 4: Step 4: Make a graphic organizer and show the details you have included in your writing.
SENSE DETAILS
Sight
Hearing
Touch
Taste
Smell
SENSORY SENSORY DETAILSDETAILS
Step 5: Step 5: Evaluate your sensory details. Ask yourself the following:Did I choose appropriate sensory details?Did I include a variety of different kinds of details?How effective are the details I have chosen in
making my writing come alive?
Step 6: Step 6: Write a second draft. Elaborate your writing with more vivid sensory details. Remember that more specific details make more powerful writing.