Using Description in Your Writing

A good description (a)   us such characteristics; it doesn't just tell us about them.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

(a)   details are the heart of any description.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.3D

What type of descriptions insert the author's thoughts and feelings into the description, which in turn is going to make the reader feel a certain way.

• Objective

• Subjective

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A dominant impression is

• how the writer wants to leave the reader feeling.

• the reader's opinion of the writer.

• the writer's opinion of the reader.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

How does figurative language help develop a description?

• It helps make abstract ideas more concrete/tangible.

• It makes the description more abstract.

• It gives the writing a sense of superiority.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.3D

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

Description is a supporting writing mode for all other writing modes, so you can use it while writing a narrative, argument, etc.

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.11-12.3

The order in which you give the description is NOT important to developing the reader's dominant impression.

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.11-12.2

CCSS.W.11-12.2A

CCSS.W.11-12.4

The best way to come up with a subject for a description is to ask a friend.

• True

• False

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CCSS.SL.11-12.1

CCSS.SL.11-12.1A

Figurative language--primarily similes, metaphors, and personification should be used in your descriptions.

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.3D

CCSS.L.11-12.5

When writing a description, you must use sensory details--smells, tastes, sounds, sights, and touch.

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.11-12.3D

CCSS.W.11-12.3