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Transcript: Descriptive/ Elements of Essay h Nancy Zometa Erika Salinas Nasreen Vasaya A 5 G Descriptive Writing Straightforward description of people, places, objects, and feelings. Writer uses details to paint a picture with words It calls for focus and concentration rather than vocabulary or adjectives. B K S Description Techniques Dominant Impression Is a vivid description that is heavily focused on It should be the center point of the person, place, or scene being described. Using Images in Description Description Techniques B Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as" Simile ex: They fought like cats and dogs. ex: As white as a ghost Metaphor Descriptive Technique A Using Images in Description Indirect comparison without linking word such as "as" or "like" ex: The moon is a white balloon. ex: Life is a roller coaster. Appealing To All The Reader's Senses Descriptive Techniques C Use sound, smell, and feel when describing The best type of description is when many senses are use appropriately D e Salvation By Langston Huges "So I sat there calmly in the hot, crowded church, waiting for Jesus to come to me." " ...old women with jet-black faces and braided hair, old men with work-gnarled hands." "The whole room broke into a sea of shouting, as they saw me rise." C Elements of an Essay 4 e Elements of an essay include an introduction, thesis statement, body paragraphs, transitional paragraphs, and conclusion. The introduction, like any essay, is the attention grabber. Introduction A Thesis/Body Your thesis statement should be included in your introduction along with your general ideas that will be described in the body paragraphs. A transitional paragraph may be added, transitional paragraphs are added to make the change between ideas smoothly. Transitional Paragraph B Conclusion Lastly, the conclusion paragraph is meant to generalize what was talked about and the thesis statement is presented again to end the essay. E X Z W What We've Learned We learned that descriptive writing can make a huge difference when in comes to making a great essay. The details and form of dominant impression enhance the writing making the reader feel like they are there in the story. We also learned that some historians do not prefer descriptive writing.
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