Friday, February 5, 2010

Literary description

The main features of a literary description are:

Introduction
Details
Conclusion

Descriptions are often used within another text type. Use adjectives to give extra information about the thing or person you are describing.

The introduction should establish who, what, when and where.
Details could include how things look, sound, feel, smell or taste. Or you might describe details about a person's looks or feelings.
The conclusion is optional. You could use this to sum up your description.

Here is an example:

The rain teemed from the dark grey sky.

Great raindrops plopped onto the parched earch. Instead of soaking in the droplets skittered across the earth and joined other drops forming rivulets that sought out the softest earth and carved a path through it.

The air smelled fresh and clear as the rain fell and washed the dry earth clean.


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