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Descriptive Essays Use five senses: sight: sound: smell: taste touch
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Personification giving nonhuman objects human qualities:
The sea roared and swallowed the ship whole.
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Simile A comparison between two things that are different using like or as The old man’s skin looks like a crumpled piece of paper.
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Metaphor A direct comparison between two different things. Hint: look for was or is The wind was a whip across my frozen cheeks.
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Details Use specific details:
The weary man laid his heavy head on the pillow. His sad heart broke as he thought of his faithful companion, Rover, dead and buried in the cold, winter ground.
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Transitions Use transition words to show relationships between description and objects: Next to the flowering dogwood tree stood a tall, dark green pine.
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Prompt You’ve just visited a special place – real or imagined – that you want others to know about. You want to write an article for other students while the details are still fresh in your memory.
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