Incident Essay Practice

A fire
At night, I was doing my homework. Suddenly, I heard a noise from the street. A house in my

neighborhood had caught fire. A few people were trying to put out the fire. The crowd was shouting. A young

boy jumped into the house and took out a crying child.

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Let’s learn to describe!

Terror / • She gave a loud scream and scrambling to her feet, ran from the room.
Fear
• A faint / dreadful scream
• In the extremity of his terror, he uttered a great scream of despair
• My lips emit a hoarse scream of terror
• His heart hammered in his chest
• His body shook with fear
• He was in a complete state of panic
• His legs were wobbly with fear
• Hair stood on end
• We broke out in a cold sweat
• I was absolutely petrified.
Suddenly • Out of the blue
• All of the sudden