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The document discusses descriptive writing and provides examples. Descriptive writing creates vivid impressions by describing experiences in detail, bringing words to life. It does not simply state what was seen, but uses descriptive language to make it seem real. Examples include descriptions of a sunset filling the sky with red, waves dancing on a shore, and a field of colorful flowers. Descriptive writing is also found in famous literature to set moods and scenes.

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In Descriptive Writing

The document discusses descriptive writing and provides examples. Descriptive writing creates vivid impressions by describing experiences in detail, bringing words to life. It does not simply state what was seen, but uses descriptive language to make it seem real. Examples include descriptions of a sunset filling the sky with red, waves dancing on a shore, and a field of colorful flowers. Descriptive writing is also found in famous literature to set moods and scenes.

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In descriptive writing, the author does not tell the reader what

was seen, felt, tested, smelled, or heard. Rather, he describes


something that he experienced and, through his choice of words,
makes it seem real. In other words, descriptive writing is vivid,
colorful, and detailed.

Bringing Words to Life


Descriptive writing creates an impression in the reader’s mind of an
event, a place, a person, or thing. The writing will be such that it will
set a mood or describe something in such detail that if the reader
saw it, they would recognize it. Descriptive writing will bring words
to life and makes the text interesting.

Some examples of descriptive text include:

 The sunset filled the entire sky with the deep color of rubies,
setting the clouds ablaze.
 The waves crashed and danced along the shore, moving up
and down in a graceful and gentle rhythm like they were
dancing.
 The painting was a field of flowers, with deep and rich blues and
yellows atop vibrant green stems that seemed to beckon you to
reach right in and pick them.
 The old man was stooped and bent, his back making the shape
of a C and his head bent so far forward that his beard would
nearly have touched his knobby knees had he been just a bit
taller.
 His deep and soulful blue eyes were like the color of the ocean
on the clearest day you can ever imagine.
 The soft fur of the dog felt like silk against my skin and her black
coloring glistened as it absorbed the sunlight, reflecting it back
as a perfect, deep, dark mirror.
Expository text is a type of informational text that provides
factual information about a topic using a clear, non-narrative
organizational structure with a major topic and supporting
information. Expository texts can include topics such as historical,
scientific or economic information. Information is presented with a
clear organizational text structure which includes but is not limited
to: description, chronology, comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution. The language in expository text is precise,
specific to the subject, and includes domain specific vocabulary to
explain concepts and information. Expository text often includes
organizational tools such as table of contents, headings, index,
glossary, pronunciation guide, appendices. Includes text features
that support or enhance the text such as photographs, illustrations,
captions, charts, diagrams, tables, graphs, and timelines.

Examples of expository text may include:

 Trade books
 Articles
 Reports
 Textbooks
 Interviews
 and Essay

Recounts are a type of story. They tell what happened in the past
by recounting a series of events one after the other in the order in
which they occurred. Usually they are about everyday, familiar
events. When we tell a recount, we reveal the significance of the
people and events by sharing our personal feelings about them.
Sometimes recounts also include unexpected events or even
setbacks, but these events do not become a crisis for the people
experiencing them. Usually listeners and readers have experienced
similar events, or have had similar personal responses to events in
their lives and the recounts are reassuring for listeners. When we
tell a recount, we are telling our listeners and readers that we share
with them the same kind of predictable journey through life.
Recounts can be spoken, eg when we tell a friend what happened
yesterday. They can also be written, eg when we write a diary.

Where can I find recounts?

The recount is the most common story pattern and is used in


everyday talk with family and friends and in storybooks. At school
we find recounts in all kinds of spoken and written texts, eg
storybooks, poems and history textbooks. Students use recounts
when they write journals, or to record what happened in science
experiments.

Recounts are found in the following texts:

Conversations when a speaker recounts a sequence of events and


shares personal feelings about the events.
Biographies, which recount the significant events in a person's life.
Personal letters and postcards which recount what happened
An information report provides readers with information on
chosen a topic by providing them with facts.
Generally an information report is written to provide facts about a
living or non-living object. It can be an individual object or a group
of objects. Some suggestions are.

Sea Creatures
The Bald Eagle
Aircraft
The Titanic
Rome
Pollution

The challenge in writing a good information report is to provide the


audience with plenty of facts and evidence about a topic without
providing personal opinion. If you do include personal opinion
essentially you are writing a persuasive ( also known as an
expository ) text. IF you are writing about a class of objects such
as sharks it is important to highlight the differences and similarities
between the objects.

STRUCTURE AND FEATURES OF INFORMATION REPORTS


STRUCTURE FEATURES

STRUCTURE
INTRODUCTION
Classify your topic, describe the aspects, features or characteristics
of the subject.

PARAGRAPHS
Will be used to organise your information report. Use paragraphs to
elaborate on your subject.

IMAGES
Labelled diagrams such as maps, diagrams and pictures support
and extend your written information.

SUBHEADINGS
Keep your report in a logical state and ordered. It also helps the
reader find key information quickly.

In descriptive writing, the author does not tell the reader what was
seen, felt, tested, smelled, or heard. Rather, he describes
something that he experienced and, through his choice of words,
makes it seem real. In other words, descriptive writing is vivid,
colorful, and detailed.

Bringing Words to Life


Descriptive writing creates an impression in the reader’s mind of an
event, a place, a person, or thing. The writing will be such that it will
set a mood or describe something in such detail that if the reader
saw it, they would recognize it. Descriptive writing will bring words
to life and makes the text interesting.
Some examples of descriptive text include:

The sunset filled the entire sky with the deep color of rubies, setting
the clouds ablaze.
The waves crashed and danced along the shore, moving up and
down in a graceful and gentle rhythm like they were dancing.
The painting was a field of flowers, with deep and rich blues and
yellows atop vibrant green stems that seemed to beckon you to
reach right in and pick them.
The old man was stooped and bent, his back making the shape of a
C and his head bent so far forward that his beard would nearly have
touched his knobby knees had he been just a bit taller.
His deep and soulful blue eyes were like the color of the ocean on
the clearest day you can ever imagine.
The soft fur of the dog felt like silk against my skin and her black
coloring glistened as it absorbed the sunlight, reflecting it back as a
perfect, deep, dark mirror.
Descriptive Text in Literature

Because descriptive text is so powerful, many examples of it can be


found in famous literature and poetry. In this excerpt from Jamaica
Inn by Daphne du Maurier, notice the writer’s choice of adjectives,
adverbs, and verbs.
“It was a cold grey day in late November. The weather had
changed overnight, when a backing wind brought a granite sky and
a mizzling rain with it, and although it was now only a little after two
o'clock in the afternoon the pallor of a winter evening seemed to
have closed upon the hills, cloaking them in mist.”
You can see that the writer had to carefully choose his words so
that the reader could almost see and feel the weather that was
occurring.

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