Descr

ipt
ivePar
agr
aph
Descr
ipt
ioni
stheuseofwor
dst
orepr
esentappear
anceornat
ureofsomet
hing.

Of
tencal
l
edawor
dpi
ctur
e,descr
ipt
ionwant
stopr
esenti
tssubj
ectt
othemi
nd’
sey
e.

I
nthedescr
ipt
ionpar
agr
aph,t
hewr
it
erusessensor
ydet
ail
ssuchassi
ght
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ast
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nther
eader
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nd.Par
agr
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n

t
hisst
yleof
tenhav
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etef
ocus—t
hesoundofawat
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all
,thest
enchofa

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sspr
ay—butcanal
soconv
eysomet
hingabst
ract
,suchasanemot
ionora

memor
y. Some descr
ipt
ive par
agr
aphs do bot
h. These par
agr
aphs hel
p

r sf
eader eelandsenset
he det
ail
sthatt
he wr
it
erwant
sto conv
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tgi
ves an

i
mpr
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hingi
fforexampl
e,y
ouonl
ywant
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aint
osomeone

whatasamov
ari
s,y
oucoul
dwr
it
eadef
ini
ti
onpar
agr
aphbecauseadef
ini
ti
on

par
agr
aphdoesnoti
ncl
udehowt
hewr
it
erf
eel
s.Howev
er,
ify
ouwant
edt
otel
labout

t
hef
eel
i
ngy
ouhadwheny
oudr
unkacupofRussi
ant
eat
hatwasmadei
nasamov
ar,

y
ouwoul
dwr
it
eadescr
ipt
ivepar
agr
aph.

Adescr
ipt
ivepar
agr
aph:

 Descr
ibes

 Gi
vesi
mpr
essi
ons,
notdef
ini
ti
ons

 SHOWSt
her
eader

 Cr
eat
esasensor
yimage(
rel
atedt
othef
ivesenses:

hear
ing,t
ast
e,t
ouch,si
ght
,andsmel
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)int
her
eader
s’

mi
nd.
Model
Descr
ipt
ivePar
agr
aph:

MySpeci
alt
reasur
e

Myspeci
alt
reasur
eisapi
ctur
eofmymot
heronherf
if
teent
hbi
rt
hday
.

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spi
ctur
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way
sinmyhousewhenIwasgr
owi
ngup.Year
slat
er,
when

Igotmar
ri
edandmov
edt
oMont
real
,mymot
hergav
eitt
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hatIwoul
d

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way
srememberher
.Nowi
tsi
tsont
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ookati
tand

i
magi
nemymot
her
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i
feont
hatday
.It
hinkshewasexci
tedbecauseherey
es

ar
eshi
ningwi
thhappi
ness.Hersmi
l
eisshyasi
fshewer
ethi
nki
ngabouta

secr
et.Shei
sst
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ngnextt
oar
osebush,
andt
her
osesar
etal
l
ert
hanshei
s.

Shei
swear
ingabeaut
if
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tel
acedr
essandbl
ackshoes.Herhai
risl
ongand

cur
ly.Shel
ooksl
ovel
yint
hispeacef
ulpl
ace,
andIf
eel
cal
m whenIgazei
nto

herey
esatt
heendofmybusydam.Thi
spi
ctur
eofmymot
heri
smymost

v
aluabl
epossessi
on.

Quest
ionsont
heModel

A.Answert
hequest
ionsbel
ow:

1.Whati
sthewr
it
er’
sspeci
alt
reasur
e?

2.Whydoest
heaut
horl
i
ket
hispossessi
on?
3.Whogav
eitt
oaut
hor
?

4.Whatwor
dsdoest
heaut
horuset
odescr
ibet
hepossessi
on?

Exami
net
heor
gani
zat
ionoft
hepar
agr
aphbyanswert
hequest
ionsbel
ow

1Under
li
net
het
opi
csent
ence.Whatwi
l
lthewr
it
erdescr
ibe?

2Doest
hewr
it
ergi
vedet
ail
sabouthowshegott
hepi
ctur
eint
hef
ir
stpar
t,t
he

mi
ddl
epar
t,ort
hel
astpar
toft
hepar
agr
aph?

3Doest
hewr
it
erdescr
ibewhatt
hepi
ctur
elooksl
i
kei
nthef
ir
stpar
t,t
hemi
ddl
epar
t,

ort
hel
astpar
toft
hepar
agr
aph?

4Doest
hewr
it
erdescr
ibehert
houghtandf
eel
i
ngsaboutt
hepi
ctur
eint
hef
ir
stpar
t,

t
hemi
ddl
epar
t,ort
hel
astpar
toft
hepar
agr
aph?

5Under
li
net
heconcl
udi
ngsent
encet
wice.Doesi
trest
atet
het
opi
csent
ence?

6Howmanysent
encesar
ether
eint
hepar
agr
aph?