DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY

GROUP MEMBER :
Nurul Izzati Bt Md. Ramli
Muhammad Hafiz Bin Ismail
Raja Muhammad Azri Bin Raja
Ismail
Muhammad Ikram Bin Abdullah
Nur Zahirah Bt Salehfii
Nur Zuriati Bt Rosdi


Definition
Descriptive essay is a wide-spread paper
type that is intended to describe an
object, a topic, a place, a building, a
person or an event. When you start
writing you should think about your
descriptive essay topic and a place, event
or a process you are going to describe.
Characteristics of descriptive essay
As you write your descriptive essay, the best
way to create a vivid experience for your
readers is to focus on the five senses :-
sight
sound
taste
touch
smell

Sight
Describe what something looks like.
Create a mental picture for the readers of
what you are describing

Sound
Describe the sounds you heard while you are
describing your object
Taste
Use words that evoke the sense of what
something tastes like

Touch
Use temperature, texture , and weight to help
you describe what your object felt like

Smell
Evoke odors both appealing and non-
appealing
Descriptive essay uses connotative
language effectively :-
Similes - to make comparisons
Metaphors to make indirect
comparisons
Personafication give your object a
human characteristic


Description essay create a dominant
(tone) an overall mood, attitude or
feeling about the subject (awefull,
inspiration, anger, or distaste)

Uses active verbs and varied
sentences.

EXAMPLE OF DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY
My most comfortable place
The place that I feel most comfortable is my hometown
of Huntington Beach.
Huntington Beach is in California about forty miles south
of Los Angles. It is known as
the surfing capital of the world and the best beach in
Orange County.
I relax as I watch the surfers gently glide over the
tumbling ocean waves. Seeing
the tall palm trees sway in the wind is calming to me as I
watch the rolling sand dunes. The
pier, as red as a ruby, stands out to me among the deep
blue ocean. As I lay on the sand, I
see kites rise above the clouds and soar gracefully in the
wind. The fisherman cast their
line off the pier hoping to feel a tug and reel in a big fish.
The night market
The night market begins when the vendors
arrive in the late afternoon. More and more
goods laden vans arrive to begin a brisk day of
business. Most of the vendors busily set out to
set up their stalls respectively in order to get
ready for a brisk day of business.

The Blond guitar
My most valuable possession is an old, slightly warped
blond guitar--the first instrument I taught myself how
to play. It's nothing fancy, just a Madeira folk guitar, all
scuffed and scratched and finger-printed. At the top is
a bramble of copper-wound strings, each one hooked
through the eye of a silver tuning key. The strings are
stretched down a long, slim neck, its frets tarnished,
the wood worn by years of fingers pressing chords and
picking notes. The body of the Madeira is shaped like
an enormous yellow pear, one that was slightly
damaged in shipping. The blond wood has been
chipped and gouged to gray, particularly where the pick
guard fell off years ago.
The Owl
A scream passing through an open window at the
edge of town rattles the settled sounds of a night
tucked in, the filtering whispers of leaves outside
in the breeze interrupted, yielding to the call of a
helpless exater protected by sound walls; only
the nearby creek persists. Call of crickets resign
under full moon, and hill-riding wind halts for a
moment following the cry. Slowly, the leaves
begin to whisper again, though slightly muffled,
offset by the impression of a scream when it was
the last thing on the nights mind.
A Friendly Clown
On one corner of my dresser sits a smiling toy clown on a
tiny unicycle--a gift I received last Christmas from a close
friend. The clown's short yellow hair, made of yarn, covers
its ears but is parted above the eyes. The blue eyes are
outlined in black with thin, dark lashes flowing from the
brows. It has cherry-red cheeks, nose, and lips, and its
broad grin disappears into the wide, white ruffle around its
neck. The clown wears a fluffy, two-tone nylon costume.
The left side of the outfit is light blue, and the right side is
red. The two colors merge in a dark line that runs down the
center of the small outfit. Surrounding its ankles and
disguising its long black shoes are big pink bows. The white
spokes on the wheels of the unicycle gather in the center
and expand to the black tire so that the wheel somewhat
resembles the inner half of a grapefruit
Thank You