Build a picture with your words: 5 descriptive writing tools
Learn how to create a vivid picture in your reader’s mind. Strong descriptive writing involves adjectives and comparisons, but it also requires other tools, such as metaphors, similes, and attention to the five senses. In this video, we look at how to use these tools to help your readers “see” what you are describing. Using these techniques makes your writing clearer and more powerful. https://www.engvid.com/5-descriptive-...
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In this lesson:
00:00 What is descriptive writing, and why should you use it?
00:52 1. Use adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases
04:28 2. Appeal to the senses
07:08 3. Simile
08:50 4. Metaphor
09:21 5. Analogy
10:13 Examples of similes, metaphors, and analogies
13:15 How to use these tools in your writing
