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2.6: Descriptive Imagery Worksheets

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    When writing a personal narrative, setting the scene is one of the most important parts of the essay. This worksheet is designed to help you more deeply describe your scene from the previous exercise using all six senses.

    First, find a picture, object, action, or scene. You might even go out on a mini field trip to a nearby location to practice describing setting before applying what you have learned to your own story. Use the following descriptive imagery worksheet to practice immersing readers using all 6 senses. Consider using a mixture of adjectives, nouns, and metaphors to describe your chosen object or setting.

    Descriptive Imagery Worksheet

    Describing setting worksheet. Pick a setting, object, or person, then describe, in as much detail as possible, the sights, smells, touch, tastes, sounds, and emotions associated with this scene or object

    Student Descriptive Imagery Worksheet Model

    Student model of descriptive imagery, describing the student's grandparents' house.

    Contributors and Attributions

    • The above descriptive imagery worksheet was created by Shane Abrams of Portland State University as originally published in EmpoWord (2017) licensed CC BY-NC 4.0

    This page titled 2.6: Descriptive Imagery Worksheets is shared under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Heather Ringo & Athena Kashyap (ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative) .