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Descriptive Writing Reading Resource

The document discusses the techniques used in descriptive writing, emphasizing the importance of sensory details, comparisons, and word choice to create vivid imagery. It includes examples from literary works by Virginia Woolf and Charles Dickens, illustrating how descriptions can evoke emotions and convey deeper meanings about characters and settings. Additionally, it highlights the need for a consistent point of view and the careful selection of words to enhance the reader's experience.

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Descriptive Writing Reading Resource

The document discusses the techniques used in descriptive writing, emphasizing the importance of sensory details, comparisons, and word choice to create vivid imagery. It includes examples from literary works by Virginia Woolf and Charles Dickens, illustrating how descriptions can evoke emotions and convey deeper meanings about characters and settings. Additionally, it highlights the need for a consistent point of view and the careful selection of words to enhance the reader's experience.

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READING AND UNDERSTANDING Descriptions ‘en desrbng «sen or an inanimate ott euhor te many of the same Kn of methods ey emo, wea decring people. They ue sled etal bal Up a compost ple. They ue concrete dit to bule up a sem of eaiy. They to oomparaons to make alt more vid and eat to spine Thy wee word. | sch a aya to appeal four Sense otha we see bear ofl the objet me peesly They ve word (Garter verbs and secven) and meee tobi he obects more saddely and suprsiagly fo sr view ‘Read the following desertion of deserted house 1 dey and become ora “The house was ef the hoe wat deste wat ‘ft Mea hel on 2 sel to wih ry st rie Bow tht I had et The long ght seed to bave ‘et ing te trling as, bing tbe china breathe, ‘umbing seemed to have amped, Th sepan had sted and the ma cesyed. Tord hal bse thee ‘way in lly, aimless, tbe swing shawl evung oad fo A hse st af been the esi thelr ‘he swallows nested inthe daring tom; he or was strewn ith saw; the paste fin shovels oes ‘ere lid bare; vats care of thi and tin to ga behind the’ wainets. Tae bl! bute urs from the ehysals an pater thre boon the indow-pane Poppet sowed theaadv= mone the ahs; the lowe wed wit long tras gina okestonerel ung the roe fangs craton flowered among the eabsgess whe the pct ering oa weed ut the window had become on mine gh {drumming fom study wee and those re Wah ‘nade the whale oom seen a susimer, (URGINIA WOOL, To the Lighthouse) tamer hee guestons for rade oe ‘tarot "hat 3 we lam sot te py apraronce of tne hae ie a cope? What dos th ur coer the ose 0? ‘Pik athe fires owing ig eee ‘Pi ou the ors ends ae ese tui her mete hn he ‘ne words ned, oar and ge “The flowing note ge Sneha oe wars in whch Vega Wod wore ail so war {fer bar nein ober! ows he rae Sekeud Gta The shor dos tw he ines ote Bowe sc how at eee ne fre ot colo hr prot wich fo eno Stomper of dese) and inate Bw re het ‘Sheer 1 Cont dea, The sor mentions igs ke “te sri shee aes" tate he sacar dol mat czcatures and plane—tons, swallows rt, bates, thie, popis, long ra, pant arichokes, creations, ‘begin, brs. The Seacipion of he plaster fallen Io Shove’ gives a sense of acualiy Is as thouph some. ‘oe had ectualy reused the ast of plate by U9 {ag t shovel it amay. References to objects Ike ee vince that The autor bas sect hou, as sted “S Comparuons. The Hout i ke «sel on 9 snd ‘uit oA wih dey sl ral. The comparison ‘ewoen the satared bole tds eel free pen fo ‘ich the mols bas ecaped i apt as both are now pes tothe elements abd the cig inhabitants have part The el hemi ofthe sand emphases (G0 the tramlene of ie 1 The sear The flowing words aad by he stor suues sounds ‘peteree, “apping, “drumming” The enue of gh simulate by the caous and the move iment: the swaying shaw "ie awe waved with loop {yas "the poppies andthe dale, "he eichoker snd the roe the whole oom aren summer The verb tres touch and movement: te cay Bex, ‘ming etter, he rat gn’ Doerr bart from the ehrysas A pitt bul p aot ats words but in sense perceptions whl te words cll forth The ae of ld worl: Arsoag the may expt tat could be dhaes, cone the eof the verbose? {0 desribe the movement of loads, sang tir we or. rer and ealag wih le noses the ver tras {iphaszng the vigorounes and oughess oe hit bDowth; the verb ‘patered” decing te ih repetve found of the butter wings apt he lus; the jets "inged to dre th ear tareled eet he carnation. 6 Taga. This wil be cscuse in resto deta in 8 ler ni BL a hs stage it cn be see bow examaer of gromth, colour and bent}—butertis, poppies sa. atlont—are pled onto af each othe to cml in he fia ide ofthe wide room bang ge i summer wih vegetation, What had ted 8 desription of ‘omathing desma and deayed end up extn a 8 erin of vial and prow Tis i the pietare hat 4s bull op and tat we ae lt with nd it ahived Inngsy cough Vira Wools conta af inagey. "Tha are many ore pits at cold be made about ‘is detripdon, but these shoud be salen! to ete ow imporaot words are in erating efecte—aot Jat ‘Say words thet happen to come to ming, but pate ‘words chosen becae they eal fh specie pont ‘The description f the deserted howe i very Beh it lfc The way be words are aied and the rhythnie Dt ofthe words ive the impreson of poetry. A secon down have to be poe, however (© be eave ead te following description of gun whick hbo, 2B Stare has found Wat puzled me most, bough, was something it ‘ook me net two weeks to apyecie And yo teas ‘he owt sig thing af al. Shane eared no pun 1 hove days guns wee familar a ough te Temiory as boots and dike They mere not wed och ia the vay exept fer oscsonal bunting But they were alays in even. Moat men dnt feeh aly dressed witha oe. ‘We homestendets wea’ in mos fr ies end shot uns when mead any shotig to do. Apo ipping ‘nthe ip was atin fort farmer, Sl every as fad is earge belt and hosted Catt to be worn hc te was not working or long around the bows, Father bucled he oo whenever be rode off oo any tel, even tint town, a mush ot of ab, Tae, ‘segthing es ‘Bat this Shane never card «gun. Aad hat was a peclar thing bets Be ad's gn. Tai tone I saw when {was alone athe barn cone day and Ist hs sal yng on his ben, UUrualy be kept earefly put away uidemesth He sus ave forgone ts te, or Was here nthe ope by he plow. I reached to srt of fe and Tithe gan Ensie No one wastes 0 unfatned the scape and ald the Basket There ae the ‘mos eal ootng wenpon ever sw. Beau and ‘aly ooking “The hls and ed arias bet were ofthe same soft ak eter nthe boots tucked under he bank, ‘ool in he same iticte design I Knew eos © now that te gun wen sngle-aion Col, te ame del as the Regu Aeny fue ta ashe aca Gal ea in thoredaye, and that liner aed tony tra he fest pil eter made "Tis was de sane ode. Bot thi was o amy 68 1 war tac, nimest Be ack, wih the dahaeee not in any eal but he met aa. The rp wales ‘on the outer curv, shaped to th fingers oie inner hve, and wo Wary ples wee set ino ith exe Si one on each ie “The stots invntion of tempted your rap {ok hold and pulled te gun ot off hater sume #0 fasly that U oul hay betes ie was tee i ay bind Heary le ihr i was somehow mach easier to handle. You bait ap to sining level no some 1 bale no your hand 1 was. clean md poled and oles. The empty ld, when I ese the etc and Bish pan ‘ily and woes. 1 was supe to tht fe ‘Hoa sgt was gos, he bare! moth right down 0 ‘he ed tod thet ames had bee fd tows ‘Why shoud # nando that wo gn? Why should» san wih gu te tat refine to near and show it (aT? An he, sig at at ark ad ely lene, Twas agin ruddy eta, and T qikly pot every. ‘hing tack eraty a Belo an hut ato hes, (Gack suas, Shans) 1, Pick ou alle words and pases that actully describe the gu. What Impression of the gu do yu gst ‘hen ou take aleve mond and pases toetor? 2° im what way sugested tha he gm ha 0 fe ts oom that salma ae? (The oth maton ft) 4. The ses of wach and sgh are appealed 0 here ‘Pik ot the det ich support Os. 2 4, Why does the author spend so much time describ- ing the general attitude towards guns in the Territory before describing Shane’s gun? 5. The passage isn’t just a description of the gun; it also tells us something about the narrator, Bob, and about Shane. The gun is used as a means by which the reader is able to deduce more about these two characters. What do we learn about them jrom this passage? Nw XY warnne Descriptions Making the point of view consistent one et sn ag area ee Wi iearrace yam feria aula armisoate Seon yen Say suwacremen ry ais eraneeceee mucins om Souicaescaas art amtetielamcaearae ioniuaaemomaamar cee Son ounieltanee si OU want to creat in the renders mind and keep thi Sty in view al the tie you ar wing For insane, you may be dering aground You may fin thi pleasent and excng and thereto a the dels oo give and the way you dese sould sired to prducing the tame scion In the mind o the reader, You may think apround oy ad qua And therfore you woul dace i's aera way ‘You may wel sete same det butte words you tx sad the way you desctbe them wil be dicted te freang« iient impression inthe reader You may ind somethings about a frground atreive end eth ouractve, You would tefore take your busines to present both ses af he cent thereat You se you mate scoring or prac ot down sre lees for deseiing ear round. and airange them under he headings lao and exc" ‘oly and sual Imagine ho Jou ‘oul present tom in an esa. Yo must did on your pin of view the beg ing‘ stk ‘The follwing descrip af an indi town, Coke tom, shows consistent pint of view on the pt tc ‘other 1 was & tow of re bre, oof bik that woud have been rad I the smoke aid ashes had awed bt as mates stood t was afows of wanton od nd Pluk Ike the punted feof savage ‘was e town of machinery and tl ehineys out of which terisbl' serpents of ame tried the ‘sie forever and ever, nd ave ot una, had a bac canal oe and ver tat ran purple vith Wsmaing dye, and vast pte of bus fallot {indows whore there wat & rating end een xy long, and where the pita Of the seem enine ‘orked monotony up and down, ke te hed of epant na sate of melnohlymidnees icons eve lege ses all ery Ike one another, sd many ‘mal sets sl more Ike one another, had by pl ely Ike one anote, who all wet end ct the sme hours, rh the une sound upon fe se [vement, todo the tame work, ad to whom every ay was the same as yesterday and tonto, od ‘very year te eoumterpart ofthe ated the exe "You saw nothing lz Cotetown bat nist nas sever octal Ifthe members of «ios pesvaon bul pel tere—as the members ef eghteca elgoot Prasioes had donethey mate plows warehouse fret, with sometimes (at ths ony hy ‘rumen example) a bel na trdesge onthe topo ‘i Te solary exception wat the New Churesremiccosd ‘ice wit a sunreseaple grr the Sor, tina infor shor piace te Bord rood ig Al the ebb inscriptions in te town were pated le. Severe characes of lack and white The Jal might ave been the inary, the fica might bare Beer ‘he il for anything hat speared tothe conery he graoes of tr contrecton. Fast fact fac erry. ier in the mei aspect of the ww Tact fat, ‘ics everywhere the ‘material. The MCh lil soal wa al fc, andthe shoo feign wa a fac andthe elon bane master and man were al fat and everything wa fat Between he ag ong tl nd the cemetery, and what ou cou rte gues, or show to be archi i the seep: "ake and lable in the dart, watt ad ere ‘ould be, werd without ea Ame, (CHARLES DICKENS, Hard Tes) 0 des Disk fo abot Coketown? How con you What the eet of he comparisons in theft these ere rate eo ‘serpents of smote” and te the head fan ‘phan ina save of melancholy madness"? What Dikens trying to the lat sein of "8 third paragraph? How does he make is ecthe? ‘Shon iot “ou saw noting te Colton bat what ss severely work isthe tp sentence the lat Parana Diskens disapproves ofthe ingutial scene, aad the ‘sefority and rabess that Brough tes ne. He in criing th town of Catetown, nt so mach the ‘sole who have olive hare, bt the pope who caused {he tom to come into exseoe. Every deta Re ghee Ad every word he wes condemaon His po of Building up end using ideas ‘Bat it i ot enough to have content pit of view i you ate asked write deciptive etay and now ‘othing about the sbject Ae sated in Unt, you et Ive some. eas infermaton, impressions, conte eas fom which you canbe your desertion Some Mess for gubering materia were Given a the boing ‘of Unit 3. Some poins about bow writs ke tet lcs in deseipie wring were made in Unt Have Took at these apn to remind youre of what they ‘ce shal be cepeating some of fu ere tT shal te applying them spec toe wring of eerp. ‘he esny and Teal be sggeeing oer venues of ‘Bovaht for approaing he tpe of wing 1. The general an the paren. Somes you nay Wi to dese th scene m geet terme. For cre, Bat of your dessson of eh lust torn might lade this sentences "The secs wer Tong ery fveceslons of pity bacoback house” At othe "nes, you may wishtocenceatate oreo andes ‘art ofthe setne fo emphasize «parle ee the ‘Tae pint onthe door of te hour tthe btn of te tl wes old und peng. Ciren had pcted eva a te Caky paint wot te bere mond showed though The Biking ut of « peiclr deta ie thie sts general

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