Descriptive Writing Style Using the five senses…

Descriptive: writing form in which the main objective is to engage the senses and convey the essence of a character and/or place rather than plot (as in a narrative) or ideas (as in an expository essay)

What must we learn… Terminology used on the provincial exam Word association Simile Metaphor Personification

What are the five senses… Touch Smell Taste Hear See

Terminology used on the provincial exam

Touch (tactile) :of, relating to, or being the sense of touch

Smell (olfactory) : of or relating to the sense of smell

Hearing (aural) :of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing

Sight (visual) : of, relating to, or used in vision

Taste (gustatory) : relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste

DESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING ONLY USING WORDS, NOT SENTENCES:

Aural

Visual

Gustatory

Olfactory

Tactile

For the next slide… Use word association and come up with three words for each of the following categories… - Touch Sight Smell Taste Hear

Simile : a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by LIKE or AS

Example: Sleeping like a log

"Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong "Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong." (slogan of Pan-American Coffee Bureau) "Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep." (Carl Sandburg) "She dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat." (James Joyce, "The Boarding House")

Metaphor : a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them

Her home was a prison.

Her home was a prison. In the above sentence, we understand immediately that her home had some of the characteristics of a prison. Mainly, we imagine, she could not leave her home. She was trapped inside. Why it was a prison we do not know, but that would be clear from the context--perhaps her husband forced her to stay at home, perhaps she was afraid of the outside. We don't know, but the rest of the story would tell us. What is important here is that in five simple words we understand a lot about her environment, how she felt and how she behaved. In this sentence, "prison" is a metaphor.

Personification : attribution of personal qualities. representation of a thing or abstraction as a person OR Personification can be described as a figure of speech in which an inanimate object is personified, by attributing human traits and qualities to it.

"Dirk turned on the car wipers, which grumbled because they didn't have quite enough rain to wipe away, so he turned them off again. Rain quickly speckled the windscreen. "He turned on the wipers again, but they still refused to feel that the exercise was worthwhile, and scraped and squeaked in protest." (Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, 1988)

Your task…

Homework Assignment Assume the role of one of the city reporters attending the hanging. Write in the third person and describe Smitty. Within your writing, use imagery (at least one metaphor, simile or personification) to highlight three types of imagery: touch (tactile), smell (olfactory), hearing (aural), sight (visual), taste (gustatory) Under-line it. One page typed double-spaced DUE MONDAY