Descriptive Paragraph

What is a descriptive paragraph?

Describes/Tells how something or someone looks, feels, smells, tastes and sounds Describes how the writer feels It shows the reader than tell Good description is a word picture Creates a sensory image on the readers mind

What is a descriptive paragraph?

Descriptive paragraphs let the reader touch, taste, see, hear and smell what you are describing. The reader should feel as if they can see what you are describing clearly. You have to be a painter and paint a picture as you write the descriptive paragraph so that reader can imagine the image you describe.

What is a descriptive paragraph?

Use the most descriptive words possible to allow the reader to smell or taste what you are describing. Add the senses of touch and hearing to your paragraph wherever possible. Describe certain textures and sounds. Use like and as when you write your descriptive paragraph. These devices strengthen your paragraph if used properly. Insert descriptive adjectives to modify your nouns.

Spatial order
A description usually follows a pattern of organization spatial order Artist plans how to put the objects in painting; writer plans how to put objects in word picture. Spatial order shows how people and objects are arranged in a space or scene. A description can be organized spatially in several ways: - from top to bottom, - outside to inside, - left to right, - near to far, - or the reverse of any of these

S.O. Signals
Spatial Order Signals (SOS) are words and phrases to show spatial organization just like time order. They are often prepositional phrases of location. Examples: at the top of, in the center, on the left, in front of, inside, next to, between

EXAMPLE OF SPATIAL ORDER : (CLASSROOM) In Ms. Cakars classroom we see a lot of things. To the left of the class, we see 10 posters in the colors of the rainbow. In front of us is a white, square projector shade. In back of it is a green, rectangular chalkboard. To the right of the room is a black radio on top of the silver file cabinets

Example for Descriptive paragraph

The Beach in Hawaii A beach in Hawaii is like a paradise. To start with, the beach smells fresh like a new ocean air freshener. The sand is so hot that when you walk on it after the sea, you feel like you walk on a burning grill. Not far from the shore, you can see the palm trees. They sway in the air from the strong wind. In a distance, there is a beautiful house by the water, so you can see the navy blue ocean every day. People are laughing and playing on the burning sand, and others are relaxing on the beach sunbathing. They seem to enjoy the bright rays of the sun. From a far distance the ocean is a deep navy blue; waves come in like a bulldozer from all the wind. But at nights everything is still and quiet. You can only hear the waves of the ocean and the light wind which comes from the huge palm trees. To sum up, this beach is an amazing place for a perfect summer holiday.