Descriptive writing techniques

Idiom

• exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally.

• A figure of speech where a description is given to an object or action which is not literally.

• Words that describe someone or something.

• Language that is chosen to convey or evoke certain emotions in the mind of the reader.

Hyperbole

• Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally.

• A group of words that have a meaning (built up over time) that does not link to the actual words.

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using ‘like’ or ‘as_as’.

• A word that mimics the sound it is suggesting.

onomatopoeia

• Humans have five senses: sight, taste, hearing, touch and smell.

• A figure of speech was where a description is given to an object or action which is not literal.

• A word that mimics the sound it is suggesting.

• Language that is chosen to convey or evoke certain emotions in the mind of the reader.

Emotive language

• Language that is chosen to convey or evoke certain emotions in the mind of the reader.

• Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally.

• None of the above.

How do you betray the looks of the character to the reader?

• By letting the reader read for themselves

• Use emotive language

• Use descriptive adjectives and Techniques

• All of the above

what is not a descriptive technique

• Idiom

• Superlative

• Paragraph

• none of them

How do you layout a description

• Let it become a story

• Set the scene and tell the reader what’s happening

• Have an ending first

• All of the above

what is a DESC swear word (in English)

• describe

• Like

• alright

• All of them

What is the word that describes a place or person?

Well done you survived

• Yay

• No

• i want more

• Finally