Descriptive essays

Descriptive essay

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Table of content

• 1. What is descriptive essay

• 2. Type of descriptive essay

• 3. Features of descriptive essay

• 4. How to write a descriptive essay

1. What is a descriptive essay

New kind of essay which we have to know to describe our beautifui world

Descriptive essay

• Gives a vivid, detailed description of something

• Test your ability to convey to the reader a memorable image of whatever you are describing.

• The students use sensory information to enable readers to use their five senses

Example 1: The Corner Store 

“Our Little Store rose right up from the sidewalk; standing in a street of family houses, it alone hadn’t any yard in front, any tree or flower bed. It was a plain frame building covered over with brick. Above the door, a little railed porch ran across on an upstairs level and four windows with shades were looking out. But I didn’t catch on to those. Running in out of the sun, you met what seemed total obscurity inside. There were almost tangible smells — licorice recently sucked in a child’s cheek, dill pickle brine1 that had leaked through a paper sack in a fresh trail across the wooden floor, ammonia-loaded ice that had been hoisted from wet croker sacks and slammed into the icebox with its sweet butter at the door, and perhaps the smell of still untrapped mice.”

Example 2: The Taj Mahal

“And this, finally, is why the Taj Mahal must be seen: to remind us that the world is real, that the sound is truer than the echo, the original more forceful than its image in a mirror. The beauty of beautiful things is still able, in these image-saturated times, to transcend imitations. And the Taj Mahal is, beyond the power of words to say it, a lovely thing, perhaps the loveliest of things.”

Multiple Choice

What definition is not about descriptive essay?

• gives a vivid, detailed description of something

• convey to the reader a memorable image of whatever you are describing

• explains what a term or a concept means

• use sensory information to enable readers to use their five senses

2. Types of descriptive essay

Descriptive things to write always present around us

3 major forms of descriptive writing

• Writing about a person

• Writing about an object

• Writing about a place

Other types of descriptive writing

• Writing about oneself

• Writing about nature

• Writing about others

• Writing poems

• Writing about traveling, memory or experience

Multiple Choice

What topic here is not a descriptive essay's topic

• About your favourite market

• About a famous World Heritage Site

• About your best friend

• About teenager's early love

Multiple Select

What topics are related to descriptive essay

• About an wildlife animal that you like the best

• About one kind of frogs which you know

• About a poem which you have read recently

• About views of a forest that you have visited

3. Features of descriptive essay

Focus on important features to write the essay

1. Clear topic

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2. Distinguish feature of descriptive essay

• Sensory Details 

• Central Theme

• Figurative Language 

• Precise language

• Organization of Ideas

3. Conclusion with purpose

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Multiple Choice

What is the suitable clear topic with the conclusion with purpose of the reading

• Taj Mahal - Why the Taj Mahal must be seen: to remind us that the world is real, that the sound is truer than the echo, the original more forceful than its image in a mirror.

• Your favourite store - With the loaf of bread and the Cracker Jack prize, I was bringing home the intimations of pride and disgrace, and rumors and early news of people coming to hurt one another, while others practiced for joy - storing up a portion for myself of the human mystery.

Multiple Choice

How many features which we should include when writing a descriptive essay

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Multiple Select

Which features are not associated with features of descriptive essays

• Formality

• Figurative Language

• Sensory Details

• Central Theme

• Precise language

Poll

In your opinion, what is the most important feature of descriptive essay

• Clear topic

• Central Theme

• Figurative Language

• Precise language

• Organization of Ideas

4. How to write a descriptive essay

It's time to make your writing shine

Step 1: Choose a topic

• Describe a Person

• Describe an Object or a Place

• Describe an Emotion

Step 2: Brainstorm

You need to have ideas from using brainstrom methods to help you in writing

Step 3: Outline

• An introduction

  - Hook sentence

  - Context/Background information

  - Thesis statement (direct/indirect) 

• Body paragraphs

  - Topic sentence

  - Sensory details

  - Actual details

• A conclusion

  - Summary of all main points

  - Clincher Statement

Step 4: Writing the first draft

• Just write

• Make an outline

• Begin with research

Part 5: Drafting a Descriptive Essay

• When creating the initial draft of a descriptive essay, follow the outline, but remember, the goal is to give the reader a rich experience of the subject

• Keep in mind, the most important watchword of writing a descriptive essay is show, don’t tell.

• One of the best ways to show is to involve all of the senses—not just sight, but also hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

Example of show but not tell

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Multiple Select

What sentences shouldn't be used in descriptive essay

• The clock stood by our family, faithfully marking the minutes and hours of our lives.

• the clock is very beautiful and useful. I use it everyday

• This room is a hot mess.

• The house frowned with a wrinkled brow, and inside it creaked with each step, releasing a scent of neglected laundry.

Step 6: Revising a Descriptive Essay

In this step, students review, modify, and reorganize their work with the goal of making it the best it can be.

Step 7: Proofread the final draft

Afterwork, you should think about what you have done in your writing by reading the final essay again and check if your writing is out of topic or not

Multiple Select

What you should do after writing a descriptive essay

• Revising a descriptive essay

• Proofread the final draft

• Both 2 steps

Multiple Choice

How many steps of descriptive essay we should to follow

• 5

• 7

• 6

• 8

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