details to show what something looks like-and perhaps how it sounds, feels, smells, and tastes like.”
describe the characters, setting, and conflict using meaningful sensory descriptions and details that enable the reader to visualize the experiences in your narrative.
The novel Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz uses description effectively. An example is, Alex hears a knock on the door, it was a butler named Mr.Grin, he told him to follow him and Mr.Grin begins to open a door.“There was a green glow as his fingerprints were read, and a moment later, the door slid soundlessly open. Everything was different on the other side of the door. From the art and elegance of the main house, Alex could have stepped in to the next century”(102) By using a lot of descriptions, is easier to picture what Alex is seeing and what is happening. Another example is, after alex got caught and punched by Mr.grin and alex waked up ‘His head was thumping and the side of his face was swollen where Mr. Grin had hit him. His arms were twisted behind him and the tendons in his shoulder were on fire.’(178) Especially in a book with action and some violence, being descriptive really helps because you are able to see and read what is happening and what they are feeling. Hence, the description used in Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz is effective. Description in a book can make very realistic, maybe too
description. Both authors use description to help the reader form an image in their mind. This
Definition: Expressing something to the reader that involves your senses. Describing the sights, sounds, tastes, feel and smell to represent something or someone. Usually very descriptive.
" He looks up and sees me and points at a bolt. I look at it and shrug my shoulders as if I am not sure what he needs. He holds up 10 fingers and I go to the tool box and get the appropriate wrench and socket. I show him both and he points to the one he wants." shows that without saying a word, he told me what he needed and I could understand what he didn't say. If I had to guess, I would say this was the most effective use of description, whereas the least effective was more in the paragraph about me writing down what I saw him doing.
An excellent example of both sensory description and imagery is when Laila’s home is destroyed in a rocket attack. The beginning of the scene is of Laila helping bring her family’s belongings out of the house. While on the surface this sounds extraordinarily dull the choice of phrasing and inclusion of sensory details instead creates an experience in the readers mind that is
Last but not least, characterization emphasizes the theme of people are usually not the way we first make them out to be, demonstrating the
Using lively descriptions on an event can have the readers envision what is occurring in your story. Lively descriptions can be in the form of dialogues, prepositional phrase, naming and clock time (when the event took place). Then, you can also use your emotions to help your readers better understand what this event meant to you and how it makes you feel. Reader's will be able to connect to your story through the emotions you convey.
Recently, my Composition I teacher assigned the class the task of composing a descriptive essay. This led me to the question, “what is a descriptive essay?” What topic could I possible write about for three whole pages? What have I done, seen, or experience that could fill these three long pages? My life thus far has been quite sheltered, so this has created quite the dilemma for me. Being that I am supposed to be descriptive, I feel the need to describe the stress that this has created for me. My physical symptoms include headaches, nausea, and lack of sleep. My will, though, is strong and I am determined to find that perfect topic.
45. imagery- the use of descriptions and figurative language too help the reader visualize the
In this paragraph, I tried not to specifically imitate any piece that we had read, but instead to convey the theme of advanced sensory description that our course readings have exposed us to. I felt that in this paragraph of my short assignment, I effectively used description to establish a humorous tone for the rest of the piece in my simile about melatonin. I also felt that personifying the car as an entity capable of "swallow[ing] my soul" brings the reader to a closer understanding of how I react to cars and how I feel about them; that they are not simply just machines for commuting from
A. Juxtaposition- A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. Ex.- “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear;”
Beginning a 12-minute journey, leaving my residence Piedmont North A; I headed to Starbucks. From the speed of the wind to the coolness of the air, I could tell that the season of Fall was finally beginning. The falling leaves of the trees were starting to leave a trail, and as I was beginning to approach the establishment, the aroma of coffee beans was lingering in the air.
Next let’s have a look at imagery which is words that appeal to our five senses to create a vivid