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Descriptive Quotes Descriptive evidence is often used to describe a person (character) or place (setting), or it may be used to describe a concrete item or an abstract concept. Descriptive Quotes Example: What type of mood is created by the setting in “The Most Dangerous Game”? Step One: Find a passage that gives a description of the setting. Step Two: Highlight key words and phrases. Do NOT highlight whole sentences. Descriptive Quotes Bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford sighted the lights. He came upon them as he turned a crook in the coast line; and his first thought was that he had come upon a village, for there were many lights. But as he forged along he saw to his great astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous building--a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom. His eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows. "Mirage," thought Rainsford. But it was no mirage, he found, when he opened the tall spiked iron gate. The stone steps were real enough; the massive door with a leering gargoyle for a knocker was real enough; yet above it all hung an air of unreality. Descriptive Quotes After looking at the evidence, answer the question based on your inference. Example: What type of mood is created by the setting in “The Most Dangerous Game”? Answer: The setting in “The Most Dangerous Game” uses imagery to create a mood that is dark, mysterious, and frightening. (Basic) Descriptive Quotes Before you provide your evidence, build a sentence that contains the context of your chosen quote(s) - Who was involved and what was going on in the passage where your quotes appear? (This lets the reader know what part of the story you are referencing. Remember the reader knows the story, so this should be very brief.) Next, use the highlighted quotes as evidence to support your inference. Sprinkle them in your answer - separate them with commas or conjunctions, or set them within phrases.
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