Descriptive Writing: I Will Revise Descriptive Techniques and Know What They Mean

Descriptive Writing
I will revise descriptive techniques and know what they

mean.
I will use descriptive techniques in my work with some

success.
I will use descriptive techniques to accurately and

creatively portray the scene.
Last lesson you analysed examples of descriptive
techniques. Today you need will be writing your own
descriptive piece about this image
To analyse effectively, you need to choose things you will
write about and plan your answer
Essay structure: 4 paragraphs
1. Whole scene
2. Zoom in
3. Zoom in
4. Whole scene
EXAMPLE: Essay structure: 4+ paragraphs
1. Introduction: An overview of the
scene, including setting and general
atmosphere. Size, colour and shape
of the house. Fading light and
growing shadows. Tense atmosphere.
2. Zoomed in description of the weather
and time of day. Darkness created by
crevices. Decaying building. Solitary
light on inside.
3. Zoomed in description of the trees,
leaves on the floor and noises ,
gravestones.
4. Zoomed in description a figure
moving inside the house.
1. Introduction: An overview of the scene, including setting and
Whole scene general atmosphere. Size, colour and shape of the house.
Fading light and growing shadows. Tense atmosphere.
The imposing ancient figure
stood atop the hill casing wide
shadows that reached out
towards the lane. Handsome and
imposing the house proudly
carved out its silhouette against
the sky. A forgotten family home.
Surrounded by brush and
withered trees. Decay and
abandonment devoured the
wooden, creaking pannels.
Push yourself further!
Try to grab you readers attention by:
Sentence starters:
• Using a short sentence for effect
On the top of the hill stood… It seemed as if it
was… The grounds were… It was eerily… • Leaving questions unanswered
• Uses your senses!
ZOOM 2. Zoomed in description of the weather and time of day. Darkness
created by crevices. Decaying building. Solitary light on inside.
A dark mass of iron grey clouds swept across
the darkening sky creating a filthy blanket of
inky blackness that combined with the ever-
growing twilight. A storm was nearing.
Shadows hid in recesses of the house; every
window shaded, each indent disguised, each
contour concealed from the eye. Secrets
hidden in the murk. Apart for one window.
A soft, warm, flickering glow emitted gently
from the topmost window as if from a
solitary candle.
Push yourself further!
Sentence starters: Try to grab you readers attention by:
The sky looked as if… All colour seemed to be...Each • Use a list to name gothic features
window of the house was… It was impossible to… • Use metaphors
One window, however... • use personification-bring the house to life!
ZOOM 3. Zoomed in description of the trees, leaves on the floor and
noises, gravestones.
The path of univiting, jagged stones

reluctantly wound through a crumbling
graveyard. Rusty leaves and skeletal twigs
rustle and flee from the graves in the freezing
wind. Headstones, long forgotten, were
leaning towards each other as if for comfort.
Their faces were weathered, moss ridden
and scarred with effigies that were
impossible to read. No flowers or sentimental
items were left to remember these doomed
souls. Thunder rumbled in the distance
letting out a low murmur of threat. Push yourself further!
Sentence starters: • Try using a simile
A broken path made of… surrounding the house • vary your sentence length
was… the only sound that could be heard was… the • use personification-bring the graves to life!
graves looked as if...
ZOOM 1. Zoomed in description a figure moving inside the house.
A creeping chill swept through the

grounds as a cruel wind whipped around
the house and through the graveyard. The
sky seemed to darken and all colour was
drained by the sun’s last rays disappearing
from sight. Nothing left but darkness and
the candle lit within. A flicker. Movement
from within the room. A figure has passed
across the window. A sudden booming
rumble of thunder crashed through the
atmosphere smashing through the silence.
The house was abruptly dark. The candle Push yourself further!
had been blown out. • Try using a pathetic fallacy
• vary your sentence length
Sentence starters: • Include something unexpected at the
The sky had become… suddenly… I noticed that… I end!
realised that… I felt...
Find and label each of the following:
Peer assessment ● A structural feature- connective,
paragraph choice- varied
sentence length for effect
Find and label each of ● Interesting vocabulary choice
the following: ● Varied punctuation
● Adjectives ● Punctuation to add emphasis
● The senses: touch,
see, taste, smell,
hear
● Simile Include a WWW and EBI!
● Metaphor For Example:
● Onomatopoeia
● Powerful adjective WWW: You used some excellent descriptive language
● Personification techniques like powerful adjectives and metaphors
EBI: be careful with you punctuation. Make sure you
are using full stops at the end of your sentences and
commas to separate clauses.
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