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Write a paragraph about one of the elements you have chosen
in the “Plan” section. Your challenge in this assignment is to
make everything you describe seem so real that the reader can
almost see it, hear it, touch it, taste it, and smell it.
Techniques for Successful
Description
Effective descriptive writing paints a picture for the reader. Just as
artists use canvas, brushes, and paints, writers use the tools of their
trade to create a more effective picture. Your tools as a writer of
descriptive paragraphs and essays include sense impressions, spatial
order, and a dominant impression.
Sense Impressions
Every scrap of information we collect about the world around us
comes through our five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
It is logical, then, that descriptions painted using sense impressions
present a more vivid picture to your reader.
Sight.
