descriptive writing

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Goal: Descriptive writing vividly portrays a person, place, or thing in such a way that the reader can visualize the topic and enter into the writer’s experience. Characteristics: The general characteristics of descriptive writing include: elaborate use of sensory language rich, vivid, and lively detail figurative language such as simile, hyperbole, metaphor,    symbolism and personification showing, rather than telling through the use of  active verbs and precise modifiers Uses: Descriptive writing appears almost everywhere and is often included in other genre, such as in a descriptive introduction of a character in a narrative. Exercises: Observe, and then describe an event. Think of a person or object that stands out in your memory. Write a description of that subject. Find an example of descriptive writing; explain the elements that make this a good example.