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✍️ English 14 minLesson 9 of 50In progress
Descriptive writing
Show a scene with sensory detail instead of telling the reader.
What you will learn
- Choose four or five details rather than describing everything.
- Vary sentence length to control pace and tension.
- Name the senses: sound, smell, texture, temperature, light.
How to write descriptively - Nalo Hopkinson
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Interactive quiz
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