Descriptive Writing

The author: Roald Dahl

BIRTH DATE September 13, 1916 Llandaff, South Wales, UK
DEATH DATE November 23, Oxford, UK


A description is a piece of writing or
speech that gives details about what
someone or something is like
E.g. in a Short Story characters and places need to be made real
for the reader and clever description helps achieve this.
Most forms of writing
involve description.
includes many vivid sensory details
may paint pictures of the feelings
the person, place or thing invokes in
the writer.
often makes use of figurative
language:
uses precise language
is organized.
Actions Dialogue
Name of
characters
Alliteration
Similes,
metaphors
adjectives &
adverbs
Examples:
A nine-year-old boy.
Extremely fat.
He loves eating.
She is very rich.
She is a spoiled brat.
Her father bought lots
of bars of chocolate to
indulge her.

She is an avid gum chewer.
Her attempt to beat a
gum-chewing record
completely consumes her.

A nine-year-old boy.
He loves watching TV.
He likes gangsters.
He is smart enough to
realize when Mr. Wonka is
lying to him.
A poor boy.
He adores chocolate.
A kind, respectful
and modest person.
He loves his family.

He is the owner of the
factory.
He is the greatest inventor
and maker of chocolate.
He is old but full of energy
and smart.
He is physically small.