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A Descriptive Paragraph
A Descriptive Paragraph
A Descriptive Paragraph
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b. Descriptions
Descriptions are vivid detail of place, person, or thing that you want to
describe so that the readers can easily imagine or picture the object, or
they can feel the object with their five senses.
c. Conclusion
The last part of descriptive paragraph is optional (i.e. it may be
included or not). In this part, you conclude the paragraph or restate the
identification.
Exercise: can you mention the generic structure of descriptive paragraph?
SUMMARY:
Descriptive paragraph is paragraph which expresses or describes
place, thing and person in such vivid detail that the readers can easily
picture or visualize what is being written about, or when the readers
read the paragraph, it appears in their five senses.
In writing descriptive paragraph, there are some generic structures
that should be followed:
a. Identification
You identify or write general statement of the place, person, or
thing that you want to describe.
b. Descriptions
You describe the place, person, or thing in such vivid detail in
order to give a crystal clear picture to the readers.
c. Conclusion
This part may be included or not. It can be restatement or
conclusion of the paragraph.
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Unit
2.2
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b. Descriptions
After stating identification of the paragraph, now you try to
develop it through providing it with some descriptions that can picture
place, person, or thing that you are going to describe. These descriptions
should be well organized in order to make it unified and coherent. Use as
many as possible descriptive words that reveal the description of the
object.
In descriptive the more details you include, the more clear your
reader will imagine what you are describing. Your details should appeal
to the five senses, and they should tell the reader how something looks,
smells, sounds, feels and tastes. Write about colors, sizes, shapes, odors,
noises, and textures.
To develop your descriptions, in order to make them well
organized, you can use spatial order (Oshima and Hogue 2007). In
description, a writer uses spatial order to organize his/her ideas. Spatial
order is the arrangement of items in order by space. Here are some spatial
order signals: at the top of, in the center, on the left, in front of, in the front
of, inside, next to, between, behind, in back of, in the back of, across
The following are some descriptions which can be drawn from the topic
sentences:
Example:
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He has white skin with a haired skull and his name tattooed on his
right upper arm.
He has white skin with a hairy skull and his name tattooed on his
right upper arm.
He has long black curly hair covered by magician hat and tight skin
pants.
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c. Conclusion
After writing a good identification and its descriptions, now you
should also write a good conclusion. A conclusion is not absolutely
necessary, but it is often very helpful to the readers because it usually
signals the end of the paragraph and because it reminds them of your
important points.
A concluding sentence can be a paraphrase (i.e. repetition of the topic
sentence in different words) of the topic sentence or summary which is not
specifically stated in the topic sentence.
Example: Slash who is admired by a lot of people is very stylish rock
guitarist in his period.
After constructing identification, descriptions, and conclusion, these
three elements are further arranged into a descriptive paragraph. In
arranging these elements, we, obviously, have to consider the two
additional elements (i.e. unity and coherence). The paragraph will be as
follows:
Slash
Saul Slash Hudson who amazes me in playing guitar is one of my
favourite guitar players. He is 179 cm tall and well-built; moreover, he has
white skin with a haired skull and his name tattooed on his right upper
arm. As my favourite guitarist, he has special characteristic that
differentiates him with other guitarists. For example, his long black curly
hair covered by magician hat and tight skin pants always accompany him
when he rocks his fans in a live concert with Gibson Les Paul. In
addition, he usually uses some accessories such as rings, silver bangles,
skull necklace, and a gold nose ring pierced in the right nostril. To
summarize, Slash who is admired by a lot of people is very stylish rock
guitarist in his period.
Exercises: Please describe the steps of writing a descriptive paragraph!
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2.3
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2. Supporting Sentences
3. Concluding Sentence
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Form
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Identification
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Descriptions
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Conclusion
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Unity
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Coherence
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Structure and
Mechanics
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