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Descriptive Writing Guide Sheet

This document provides guidance on descriptive writing techniques for an IGCSE language paper. It lists descriptive techniques like metaphors, similes, senses, personification and others. It also gives examples of interesting sentence openings using appositives, subordinate clauses, prepositional phrases, adverbs and connectives. Finally, it outlines success criteria for descriptive writing, including writing for the purpose, using a range of techniques, having a clear structure, varied vocabulary, sentences and paragraphs.

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Descriptive Writing Guide Sheet

This document provides guidance on descriptive writing techniques for an IGCSE language paper. It lists descriptive techniques like metaphors, similes, senses, personification and others. It also gives examples of interesting sentence openings using appositives, subordinate clauses, prepositional phrases, adverbs and connectives. Finally, it outlines success criteria for descriptive writing, including writing for the purpose, using a range of techniques, having a clear structure, varied vocabulary, sentences and paragraphs.

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LANGUAGE PAPER 2

0500 IGCSE
Composition: Descriptive Writing

DESCRIPTIVE TECHNIQUES

• METAPHORS • SIMILES • SENSES •


PERSONIFICATION
•  ADJECTIVES • ADVERBS • HYPERBOLE •
PATHETIC FALLACY • OXYMORON •
JUXTAPOSITION

INTERESTING SENTENCE OPENINGS

Appositives - She looked at her friend, covered in


mud, and sighed.
Subordinate clause - After she fell off the bicycle, she
bought a helmet.
Use a simile - Like a soldier ready for battle, he faced
his enemy.     
Use a prepositional phrase - At the end of the day,
the flies descended on the crops.
Use an adverb - Angrily, she threw her bag on the
floor and stormed upstairs to her room.      
Use a connective  - Since it is raining outside, we’ll
stay in and watch a film. 
Use an ‘Ed clause’ - Painted in pink, the house was
hard to miss!

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Write for the correct purpose 


Use a range of descriptive techniques
Clear structure for effect - – ideas and
description should progress
Interesting vocabulary
A range of different sentence types
Different ways of beginning sentences
Use of punctuation to effectively control
ideas  
Spelling
Appropriate tense
Use of paragraphs to control ideas
A range of different paragraph lengths
for effect

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