1. The Setting “This is a world impossible not to believe.” -Stephen King

2. Settings The writer’s tool to create settings is imagery. Imagery=wording which appeal to the five senses. Imagery=wording which appeal to the five senses. 1. Sight 2. Hearing 3. Touch 4. Smell 5. Taste

3. Analyzing Settings We break a setting into 5 parts. 1. Sight 2. Hearing 3. Touch 4. Smell 5. Taste

4. What to Look For Think of a Crime Scene Investigator (CSI): what do they look for? They look for the thing that is out of place.

5. Which is more important; the details or the whole person? The details. Think again of the CSI: 1. Knows a man for years. 2. Sees a few details out of place. Which tells him more?

6. Assignment Analyze the description of the third level of Grand Central Station, and write a descriptive paragraph of the third level. This will be the final evaluation of your descriptive writing skills, and is worth 100 points. All rules of good writing style apply. Remember: For this assignment stick with a single moment in time, as if time stopped. For this assignment stick with a single moment in time, as if time stopped. Pick details and make them do something. Pick details and make them do something.

7. Descriptive Paragraph Self Check