Chapter 3 Writing with Detail

Is it better to write about what you know personally in you own experience, or to write about things that are far removed from your own experience and which you imagine? Are you comfortable writing about things in your past? How good a scientist are you—observing, recording detail, making notes? Warm Up 3.1

Choose one of the passages and list what was being described with specific sensory detail—smell, sound, sight, taste, touch Which passage is most descriptive, in terms of detail? Which passage creates the strongest image in your mind? Practice 3.1

Find an object, an ordinary object you have all the time— pen, comb, key, spoon, book, etc. Study the object with your senses Write 200 words describing it Do not include how you feel about the object. Simply describe its physical characteristics Practice 3.2 (Homework)