Journal Describe one moment of your life with as much detail as possible incorporating all 5 senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, sound). Your description.

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Journal Describe one moment of your life with as much detail as possible incorporating all 5 senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, sound). Your description should be detailed enough so that the reader can picture being you in that moment.

Super Exciting First Creative Writing In Class Assignment! Briefly describe the setting shown in each picture. For this part of the assignment, you DO NOT need to use complete sentences , although you certainly may if you choose. Be as detailed as possible. Your goal is to make people get a mental image of what you’ve written. Think about: 1. appealing to ALL FIVE SENSES. 2. what EMOTIONS the image evoke. 3. WHO/WHAT might live/ hang out there.

Image One: House

Image Two: House

Image Three: Waterfall

Image Four: Waterfall

Image Five: Beach

Image Six: Beach

Next assignment! Hooray! Pick one of your brief descriptions and expand upon it. Remember to: 1. Use complete sentences. 2. Use vivid, precise and descriptive adjectives. 3. Appeal to all five senses. 4. Convey the psychological/ emotional effects of the image. 5. Think about the people/ animals/ whatevers that occupy that space.