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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

Lesson 13 – Describing People

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In this lesson, you will write paragraphs in which you describe places. You will
also study and practice:
• sp_ace order

• descriptive details
• the order of adjectives
• prepositional phrases
• varying sentence openings

Prewriting Descriptions are "word pictures." You tell how something looks, feels, smells,
Activity: tastes, and sounds. You need to become a sharp observer and notice many
Listing small
Descriptive
details so that you can write a good word picture.
Details
1. Discuss each picture on the next pages with your partner or group. What
kind of person do you think lives or works in each place?
2. What clues in each picture led you to your choice? Make a list of the clues
next to each picture. Use the word list on page 96 for picture 1

1. Picture 1 Clues
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Name of room: ________________
Kind of person: _______________
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