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