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Description is a key part of writing. You have to be able to describe what you are thinking about in such a way that your readers can get a good mental image. However, you can't make it obvious that you are writing a description, because making a reader suddenly become aware that he/she is reading ruins the mood. Using "high-falutin" language is one way to be very obvious, unless you have a character who speaks that way all the time. Breaking up the action with long, boring descriptions is another way to ruin the mood. Here are some good tips on writing descriptively:
- Use all the senses when you can. Instead of always writing about how something looks, try adding in sound and smell whenever you can do this without breaking the mood.
- Give an overview. Start the description off by giving a broad idea of the thing's shape, outline, function, or arrangement.
- Organize your descriptions. If you are using a fairly long descriptive section, try to go in some kind of order. Describe what happens in chronological order, or describe a journey from start to finish.
- Divide it up. Divide a long description into smaller parts, and give them over a longer period of time instead of in one big lump. Divide the description of a large area or object into descriptions of the parts or areas making up this larger whole.
- Compare and contrast. Try to compare or contrast your character or item or scene with somethiing that might be more familiar. One warning, however: stay away from cliches like "red as a rose" or "avoid it like the plague" - cliches will ruin the mood faster than almost anything.
- Focus. Jot down your descriptions in your writing notebook, or on a separate piece of paper. Decide which parts of the description are essential to your story, and which would just be distractions. Write only the essential descriptions.
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During what writing procedures is a five senses chart helpful?
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Is describes an adverb?
No. Describe is a verb. A related word that is an adjective is descriptively.
What are the things to consider in writing descriptive paragraph?
Descriptive para is a type of para which comprise introduction,body and conclusion.
How do you use and adjective in a sentence using the word currency?
Descriptively. The currency of Australia is colourful. of course "colourful" being the adjective
When writing descriptively what is correct US Dollars or United States Dollars or United States?
In the US, we use Dollars as the term. The correct way to clarify USD, for example to make clear that they are not AUD or NZD, etc. would be to write or say US Dollars. You can write or say United States Dollars, but few people do because it is much longer-winded.
When writers make emotional appeals they seek to persuade readers by?
writing descriptively and using imagery that may affect readers' feeling?
How can we Explain descriptively a way to find the area of circle?
The area of a circle is pi times the circle's radius squared = pi*radius2
Is the word treed as in treed surroundings correct?
It is a correct usage, but descriptively vague. Adjectives such as forested or tree-lined would be more specific.
What does a 3 below three crotchets mean?
It means a triplet of a crotchet. Descriptively, the particular three crotchets should be played in the time of two.
What happens if you put a marshmallow in a microwave?
They usually get very big and in some cases they blow up!they basically explode, but more descriptively swell and collapse in the middle
What is an antonym for the word shawl?
The word shawl refers to an object - a piece of cloth that is wrapped around the body to keep warm. It does not have an antonym. Unless a noun can be used descriptively, it cannot have an opposite.
