Descriptive_Writing_写作.pptVIP

“The people in the restaurant looked as lonely as the place itself. Two men in rumpled work shirts sat at the counter, on stools several feet apart, staring wearily into cups of coffee and smoking cigarettes. Their faces sprouted what looked like daylong stubbles of beard. I figured they were workers who for some reason, didn’t want to go home. Three stools down from the workers, I noticed a thin young man with a mop of black, curly hair…” “He wore a blank expression as he picked at a plate of French fries. I wondered if he had just returned from a disappointing date. At the one occupied booth sat a middle-aged couple. He was staring off into space, idly tapping his spoon against the table, while she drew aimless parallel lines on her paper napkin with a fork. Neither said a word to the other.” What is the topic sentence? What is the dominant impression created by each sentence in the paragraph? How are the details arranged? Time sequence? Spatial position? Degree of importance? What: to present the appearance or the nature of something--- people/ places/ things/ ideas / even feelings. Why: clear \ vivid \ come alive How: Use Sensory Appeals (sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell) Figures of speech You play on your reader’s senses so they can experience the object or place with you and identify with it through their sight, smell, sound, touch and taste. You can’t always use all 5 senses in your writing, but you should always try. Sight is the most helpful sense --- any good descriptive paragraph must first discuss what the writer wants the reader to?visualize. Using strong?adjectives?to illustrate your scene, moment, experience or item Suddenly she saw the house, tucked away behind the trees almost in the shadow of the hill. It was a bare earth house in the traditional style; brown mud walls, a few glassless windows, with a knee-height wall around the yard. A previous owner, a long time ago, had painted designs on the wall, but neglect and the years had sca