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Re-Drafting Descriptive Writing

This descriptive writing checklist reminds writers to include various literary devices such as alliteration, personification, similes, and metaphors. It also prompts the writer to use imagery, varied sentence structures, descriptive adjectives, correct punctuation, dialogue formatting, and engaging sensory details. The checklist concludes by suggesting the writer have someone proofread their work and use a thesaurus to expand their vocabulary.

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Re-Drafting Descriptive Writing

This descriptive writing checklist reminds writers to include various literary devices such as alliteration, personification, similes, and metaphors. It also prompts the writer to use imagery, varied sentence structures, descriptive adjectives, correct punctuation, dialogue formatting, and engaging sensory details. The checklist concludes by suggesting the writer have someone proofread their work and use a thesaurus to expand their vocabulary.

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Dafydd Humphreys
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Re-drafting descriptive writing checklist

Have you remembered to?

 Tried to use alliteration (for example: Big Bob Bites Back)

 Tried to use personification (for example… the heavy clouds


frowned at Anna)

 Used a simile (for example…. The sun was as bright as a


bursting orange.)

 Used a metaphor (for example….My hair is a stormy sea)

 Described characters and settings using imagery (for example


“The autumn leaves danced around Mina as her freckled arms
glistened in the sun.”

 Checked that you have used a variety of long and short


sentences?

 Have you used adjectives to describe the nouns you have


used? (e.g the filthy, black window smeared with grease.)

 Do all your sentences end with a piece of punctuation? Have


you used exclamation marks and question marks appropriately?

 Is all your speech written out correctly with speech marks and
have you used a piece of punctuation before closing the speech
marks? Is each new speaker on a new line?

 Have you asked someone to check through your work for you?

 Have you described events using all of your senses (e.g –


smell, taste, sight, sound etc…?)

 Have you used a thesaurus to extend your vocabulary?

 Have you used onomatopoeic words (for example…..burst,


bang, hoot, sizzling.)

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