Genres of Writing - Descriptive Flashcards

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descriptive writing

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  • uses vivid sensory details (touch, smell, taste, sight, sound) so that the reader can visualize a person, place, thing, or event
  • writer’s trying to show what it’s like to be somewhere
  • emotions, thoughts, and ideas are often implied rather than directly stated
  • dialogue is important
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best example of descriptive writing

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  • “so that’s your answer?” screamed Marge as her door banged shut and several cups fell to the floor
  • pushing his way into the blaring lights and jostling throng, he waited his turn at StarBlaster
  • “You’re selling flowers!” Ellen mused, her breath forming little ice crystals on the pink posies
  • the cinnamon smell of fresh-out-of-the-oven cookies seemed to suddenly consume all his faculties
  • she sat sobbing and forlorn, mud covering her pretty, new skirt and her two scraped up knees
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