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The Descriptive Text Type

The descriptive text type aims to vividly describe people, places, objects, or events through sensory details. Descriptions are often found in narratives to engage readers and set atmospheres. Effective descriptive writing relies on precise vocabulary and focuses on key details to help readers visualize what is being described. It aims to show rather than tell through techniques like metaphors, similes, and sensory language that create vivid impressions and put the reader in the scene.

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The Descriptive Text Type

The descriptive text type aims to vividly describe people, places, objects, or events through sensory details. Descriptions are often found in narratives to engage readers and set atmospheres. Effective descriptive writing relies on precise vocabulary and focuses on key details to help readers visualize what is being described. It aims to show rather than tell through techniques like metaphors, similes, and sensory language that create vivid impressions and put the reader in the scene.

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The descriptive text type

Based on perception in space. Impressionistic descriptions of landscapes or persons are


often to be found in narratives such as novels or short stories. Example: About fifteen
miles below Monterey, on the wild coast, the Torres family had their farm, a few sloping
acres above the cliff that dropped to the brown reefs and to the hissing white waters of
the ocean ...

Purpose Description is used in all forms of writing to create a vivid impression of a


person, place, object or event e.g. to: • describe a special place and explain why it is
special • describe the most important person in your life • describe the animal's habitat in
your report Descriptive writing is usually used to help a writer develop an aspect of their
work, eg. to create a particular mood, atmosphere or describe a place so that the reader
can create vivid pictures of characters, places, objects etc.

Features Description is a style of writing which can be useful for a variety of purposes: •
to engage a reader's attention • to create characters • to set a mood or create an
atmosphere • to bring writing to life.

Language • aims to show rather than tell the reader what something/someone is like •
relies on precisely chosen vocabulary with carefully chosen adjectives and adverbs. • is
focused and concentrates only on the aspects that add something to the main purpose of
the description. • sensory description - what is heard, seen, smelt, felt, tasted. Precise use
of adjectives, similes, metaphors to create images/pictures in the mind e.g. their noses
were met with the acrid smell of rotting flesh. • strong development of the experience that
"puts the reader there" focuses on key details, powerful verbs and precise nouns.

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