Descriptive Text Essentials

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Definition of Descriptive Text

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Text that describes a person, place, or thing.

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Purpose of Descriptive Text

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To create a vivid picture in the reader's mind.

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Sensory Details

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Use of sight, sound, smell, touch, taste.

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Adjectives

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Words that describe nouns.

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Imagery

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Use of vivid and descriptive language.

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Metaphor

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Comparison without 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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Comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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Personification

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Giving human traits to non-human things.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate sounds.