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Descriptive Writing:: Painting A Picture With Words
Descriptive Writing:: Painting A Picture With Words
An effective written description is one that presents a clear picture to your reader. A successful description uses vivid vocabulary, including colorful adjectives and figurative language. An interesting description attracts the readers attention.
Imagery
Imagery is the use of words to create images, or mental pictures. Imagery helps you picture how something: * looks * sounds * smells * tastes * feels
Dark shapes glide through the night sky on silent wings, their sinister shadows outlined against the light of a full moon. Swooping down to the earth, they hover near houses and deserted buildings, breaking the peace of the night with their disturbing presence. Carriers of disease, drinkers of blood, companions of witches and demons, bats the very word brings a shiver of fear to most people. ~ Sylvia A. Johnson, Bats