1) Writers use descriptive techniques so that the reader gets a really clear image in their head of what the writer's describing. It makes the text more interesting, dramatic and real.
2) Descriptive language includes imagery such as metaphors, similes and personification.
3) Writers often give descriptions based on their five senses.
4) Another sign of descriptive language is when the writer uses lots of adjectives - describing words like 'huge' or 'fiery' that give a specific impression of something. This technique is known as story-telling style. Example - After the dreary, grey sheet of rain had swept over the land, the parched, sun-baked fields transformed into a fertile, emerald-green valley.
5) Writers can also build up the description of something throughout their work. For example, they might do this by writing sentences with contrasting descriptions or descriptions that agree with each other. That way, more detail is added to the description as you read each sentence.
6) The way a piece of writing is structured can also help to develop description. Lots of simple, short sentences create a fast-paced, exciting description. Longer, more complicated sentences mean descriptions are built up slowly, more gently and with lots of detail.
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