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5. Underline the sense impressions in the essay.
Can you find imagery of all five senses?
a. sight
b. hearing
c. smell
d. touch
e. taste
Topics for Descriptive Writing
Visit Ch. 8, Showing and Telling:
Description, Narration, and Example, in
MyWritingLab to complete the Small Scrawls.
Small Scrawls: Imaginative Short Writings
What is a Small Scrawl? A “scrawl” is something written quickly. For
the purposes of this assignment, it is a page or so of quick writing that
allows you to practice a particular method of development, in this
case, description. Have fun with it!
Small Scrawl 1: Mosquito’s-Eye View
