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Write to describe

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2 Assess Take the quiz

3 Practice Try it out

4 Create Make your own

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Step 1 · Pick a prompt

Pick one. Choose a thing you can watch closely.

Step 2 · Plan it

Plan first. Fill in the four parts of the Close Look with little answers.

My thing (what I am describing)

Two senses (what I see, and what I hear, smell, or feel)

My trade (the feeling word out, the sense detail in)

My best detail, saved for last

Step 3 · Pick one goal

Pick one goal before you write. Just one.

After you write, find the proof in your own sentences.

Step 4 · Write your description

Give the reader two senses, and trade every feeling word for a sense detail.

Describing words you can borrow: shinybubblyquietslipperybrightcool

Step 5 · Sum it up

One more thing. Tell me in one sentence: what should your reader see and hear?

Step 6 · Before you turn it in

Read your description out loud. Then check.