1. Writing Mode: Description
Ms. Foley

2. Description
Descriptive writing describes an object, place, or person in a way that creates a vivid impression in the reader's mind, enabling the reader to visualize what is being described, and to feel that he/she is very much part of the writer's experience.
Descriptive writing is characterized by the following:
Elaborate use of sensory details (often those that others might overlook) that enrich or define the central impression;
Details which go beyond the general, e.g., The house was big and nice;
Details which enable the reader to picture or relive what the writer is telling, e.g., The massive brick structure sprawled across a quarter acre of ground and rose more than sixty feet into the air.

3. Description and the Senior Capstone
What does a typical day in the life of a person in that career look like?
What activities did you participate in during your 10 hours of process or making your product?
Please include:
plenty of details
figurative language, if appropriate
vivid details
show, don’t tell
precise language