Descriptive Writing Part 2 H3

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Descriptive Writing Part 2

What do you remember from last week?

Key concept: Penny vs Dollar words

Be as descriptive as you can be:

Marc walked along the very long road happily. 

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Marc hiked along the lengthy trail overjoyed.

Ella has very nice green eyes. 

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Ella has gorgeous emerald green eyes.

Rewrite this sentence to make it more descriptive:

He saw a very large house on the hill.

Rewrite this sentence to make it more descriptive:
It is very important that you watch this great TV show.

Descriptive writing example:

Excerpt from 'Lord of the Rings' J.R.R. Tolkien

When they had walked for about three hours they rested. The night was clear, cool, and starry, but smoke-like wisps of mist were creeping up the hill-sides from the streams and deep meadows. Thin-clad birches, swaying in a light wind above their heads, made a black net against the pale sky. They ate a frugal supper (for hobbits), and then went on again. Soon they struck a narrow road, that went rolling up and down, fading grey into the darkness ahead...

Using the Thesaurus

You can use a thesaurus to:

- find synonyms

- find antonyms

- find differences in connotations (Dutch = connotatie (gevoelswaarde/associatie) 

"A woman reading a book was sitting there."

Briefly describe the woman, identify the book she was reading, and specify where she was sitting.

"Music thudded out of the shop and mingled with some of the other noises of the city."

Identify the kind of music that "thudded out of the shop," name the shop, and give specific examples of "the other noises of the city."

End of today's class. 

Any questions?