DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPHS IN A DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH THE WRITER

DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPHS

IN A DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH, THE WRITER USES WORDS TO CREATE AN IMAGE The writer helps the reader to see, touch, feel, smell, or taste the topic The topic can be a person, place or an object.

TOPIC SENTENCE • Introduces the topic that the writer will describe. • May include the writer's feeling, attitude, or opinion towards the item/topic.

FOR EXAMPLE: I own a car that has special meaning for me because it belonged to my grandfather

SUPPORTING SENTENCES • Background information about the item. • When he was a young man, he saved money to buy a car that he could use on trips around the country. • Details describing how the item looks, smells, feels, sounds or tastes. • It was blue and white with silver trim. The car had a powerful horn that made people jump. • How the writer feel about the item. • I am very happy because the car still has the original motor

CONCLUDING SENTENCE • Restating the idea in different words. Someday I will use it to travel to all the states and cities that my grandfather visited when he was a young man.

USING SPECIFIC LANGUAGE • Using specific language in descriptive writing gives the reader a clear image, and create an engaging sensory details about the topic

ADJECTIVES IN DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPHS • To be an effective writer or speaker, it is necessary to build sentences that will catch a person's attention regardless of how dull the topic may seem. • One way to enhance the appeal of a topic is by including a variety of adjectives. • Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns by describing specific qualities about them.

Descriptive adjectives • Words that describe qualities of a noun or pronoun, such as smell, taste, texture, appearance, and shape. • A large, metal desk • An antique violin • Use A, An, or The before adjectives that proceed singular nouns

NOUNS CAN BE USED AS ADJECTIVES • A rose garden • A pocket knife Adjectives and nouns functioning as adjectives are always singular even when describing a plural noun. • Two Kitchen table/s • Two lovely bracelet/s.

BOTH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS CAN BE USED AFTER BE • My father expression is wise and serious. • I am a teacher

ADJECTIVES COME AFTER BE TO DESCRIBE Condition Physical characteristic or personality Age • He is ready • I am strong. • Gabriela is gracious. • My daughter is six

USE BE + NOUN OR A NOUN PHRASE TO Identify or define something • This is a map. Describing occupations • He is a writer. Describing relationships • We are classmates.

NO CONTRACTIONS OF VERB BE SHALL BE USED IN ACADEMIC WRITING I’m healthy I am healthy She is not healthy

BOOK ACTIVITIES

BRAINSTORMING ACTIVITY • In this class, You will write about a special possession that you have. Make a bubble diagram to brainstorm some ideas, and fill it with descriptive sensory words that describe people, places, or feelings associated with the possession.

Places Things People My Special Possessio n Sensory details Time Feelings