Descriptive

Writing
about a
friend
 Time to plan!

Writing
1 3

Preparation Revision
Preparation for writing

Start with a general topic

1 sentence

Focus on the most striking

2 part of their appearance

Focus on physical details that hint

3 at the person’s personality

Use strong adjectives throughout

4 your descriptive paragraph.
Describing physical appearance

Physical appearance:

• Height- short, tall, medium height, of average height, dwarf

• Skin- tanned, pale, fair, dark, light

• Build- thin, skinny, slim, fat, overweight, plump, well-built, fit

• Hair- long, short, medium length, shoulder length, straight, wavy,

curly, dark, blond, brown, fair

• Face- babyface, beard, mustache

 Describing character & personality
General strong adjectives:

~Female: Beautiful, pretty, gorgeous, youth-appearance

~Male: handsome, well-built, muscular

~Both: ugly, funny, elegant, stylish, attractive, smart, polite, kind, nice, friendly,
cute, responsible, talkative, lazy, honest, generous, good-looking, diligent,
brave, patient, confident, reliable, independent, dependent.
Engage the reader

- Out of all my friends, only

one is my best friend.

- The closest and most special

person in you life is the
person you call your best
friend.

- Friends play an important

part/role in everyone’s life.
Closure
- I am very lucky to have a friend like _____.

- I am thankful for having ______ in my life.

- I am grateful to have ______ in my life.

- I am very fortunate that I have a true friend like ______.

+ and I want to be friends with him/her forever.

 Friends play an important role in everyone’s life and out of all my
friends, only one is my best friend. Sally is the one I am proud to have as
a best friend. We both met at school three years ago. Sally is medium-
height and fit. She is light skinned with a beautiful long dark hair. She is
very attractive and the most beautiful girl in our class. Sally is very
diligent and hard-working. She is very independent and likes to get
things done by herself. She dislikes when others rely on her or take
advantage of her, yet , she willing to help anyone in need. I remember
when I needed help to solve a math problem and she helped me with
no hesitation. I am very fortunate that I have a true friend like Sally and I
want to be friends with her forever.
Thank you <3
Tawil Duha