Descriptive Text Essentials

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Definition

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Vivid language to create imagery

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Purpose

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Engage and inform readers

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Sensory Details

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Sight, sound, touch, taste, smell

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Figurative Language

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Metaphors, similes, personification

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Adjectives

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Descriptive words for nouns

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Adverbs

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Modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

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Imagery

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Visual representation in text

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Tone

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Author's attitude or mood

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Mood

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Feeling evoked in reader

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Structure

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Organization of descriptive elements