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Descriptive Writing Descriptive writing, sometimes called “showing writing”, is writing that describes a particular person, place or event in great detail. Descriptive essays are often subjective tasks. The descriptive essay is often creative, personal, or simply artistic. Descriptive writing uses a lot of flowery adjectives and adverbs to describe what is going on or how something appears.? If you were going to describe biting into an apple, you would not simply say: He bit into the apple and it tasted good.? Descriptive writing would convey the same sentence as follows: The crunch of his teeth piercing the apples skin was deafening and the sweet juices of the apple ran down his chin.?? Using the Five Senses in Descriptive Writing Smell Adjectives include: 芳香的：aromatic,sweet-scented,fragrant 臭的，恶臭的：smelly, reeking，fetid, malodorous putrid（腐烂的) Taste Adjectives include: pungent(辛辣的), sour, acrid (辛辣的), bitter, fetid, stinking, putrid（腐烂的）, decaying, rancid（陈腐的）, reek, stale（不新鲜，走味的),bad. Example One:  Salt Looks like: white, small, shiny. Feels like: grainy, soft, slips through my fingers. Tastes like: bitter, salty, bad. Sounds like: quiet, rustle, silent. Smells like: faint, odorless, mildly bitter. Example Two The scar on his chin only shows up in a certain light. (sight) He wears too much aftershave(须后水). (smell) The kiwi fruit tastes acid. (taste) He has a high-pitched laugh. (sound) His hair feels wiry(金属丝的). (touch) Heres an example of how all five of our senses can be used to describe a simple scene: The apple was bright green, its skin polished and shining as it nestled in the fruit bowl (sight). The scent was fresh, as though the fruit had just been plucked from the tree (smell). She took it from the bowl, her fingers closing around the firm smooth skin (touch) as she lifted it to her lips. The apple crunched loudly (sound) as her teeth cut through the skin into the tart, juicy flesh (taste). As the fresh juice ran dow