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Writing Descriptive Paragraphs
Imaginative description is creative and helps readers Factual description shares the factsnot opinions.

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use their imaginations. It may feel and sound a bit like Objects and processes are described clearly with words that
poetry. Use gurative languagewords that appeal to the t the topic. Choose content words that t the object, place,
ve senses. creature, and so on.

Title: Clouds Title: Clouds

Topic Sentence Clouds are puffs of possibilities. Topic Sentence Clouds are masses of condensed water
and ice.
help us dream worries oat away

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grand entrances Cirrus feathery, curl, white
change in weather
remind us that life has both heaviness
life changes and light Cumulus good weather
constantly passes from one state to bad weather
another with ease
Stratus at sheet
Conclusion Clouds remind us to live our lives with fog

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ease and to see change as something that is simply
Conclusion Much can be learned by studying cloud
a part of life.
formations.

Tool 9-8a

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