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      DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
  Author Virginia Hamilton 
  writes: "Capturing an event 
  through descriptive writing 
  involves paying close 
  attention to the details by 
  using all of your five 
  senses."
         DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
   
   This is the oldest cliché of the writing 
   profession, and I wish I didn't have to repeat 
   it. Do not tell me that the Thanksgiving dinner 
   was cold. Show me the grease turning white 
   as it congeals around the peas on your plate. . 
   . . Think of yourself as a movie director. You 
   have to create the scene that the viewer will 
   relate to physically and emotionally."
   (David R. Williams, Sin Boldly!: Dr. Dave's 
   Guide To Writing The College Paper. Basic 
   Books, 2009)
           SOME USEFUL TIPS…
    using too many     For Example:
    adjectives and 
    adverbs can         She walked 
    actually weaken      smoothly.
    your writing.
   Always look for 
                         She glided. 
    the most concise, 
    specific way to 
    describe 
    something
            SOME USEFUL TIPS…
     similes can be     For Example:
     particularly 
     effective for       When he told me 
     description as       he loved me my 
     they evoke           heart melted like 
     familiar             a popsicle on the 
     connections.         4th of July. 
    That being said, 
     try to avoid 
     clichés 
                             Appealin
            EXERCISE #1 g to the 
                             senses…
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