DESCRIPTIVE

WRITING
 STRONG DESCRIPTION

A DESCRIPTION may have just a few

details, or it may have dozens, but the
important thing is that they all work
together to create vivid image in the
reader’s mind.
 FINDING DETAILS

You need to provide your readers with

details to help them imagine these
things.
A description without details is like a
frame without a picture:
you can’t expect your readers
to see anything if you don’t give them
something to look at.
METHODS YOU
USE IN
DESCRIBING
OBSERVATION
Use it in something you
actually see.
What is your overall
impression?
What sounds do you hear?
To what could you compare
it?
RESEARCH
After observing it, a
research can help
Visit the library in your
school or neighborhood.
Encyclopedias and other
references contain detailed
information about almost
ever conceivable subject.
MEMORY
If you want to describe
something that you observed
in the past, use your
memory.
Create an image based on
everything that you
remember.
Let your mind review it,
noting details.
IMAGINATION
Use it if you want to
describe something that
doesn’t exist.
Because the details is
imaginary, you can make up
all the details you need.
Create a details in your
mind examine it closely.
GUIDELINES IN SELECTING DETAILS

SPATIAL ORDER
(left to right)
(top to bottom)

ORDER OF
IMPORTANCE
(most to least)

ORDER OF IMPRESSION
(first attraction to the last
details)