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Descriptive Essay Graphic OrganizerWrite Main Topic Here

What exactly will your paper describe?

Imagery - Select 4Complete all five below. Your essay must have four out of the five in the final draft.

1. Sight Imagery Example: 1b. List all adjectives 1c. Replace two adjectives with a more interesting word

2. Sound Imagery Example: 2b. List all adjectives 2c. Replace two adjectives with a more interesting word

3. Touch Imagery Example: 3b. List all adjectives 3c. Replace two adjectives with a more interesting word

4. Taste Imagery Example: 4b. List all adjectives 4c. Replace two adjectives with a more interesting word

5. Smell Imagery Example: 5b. List all adjectives 5c. Replace two adjectives with a more interesting word

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Figurative Language - Select 2Complete all four below. Your essay must have two out of four in the final draft.

1. Simile Example:

1b. What two things are being compared?

1c. Meaning?

2. Metaphor Example: 2b. What two things are being compared?

2c. Meaning?

3. Personification Example: 3b. What object or abstract emotion is being personified?

3c. What does it say about the object?

4. Allusion Example: 4b. What famous “thing” is being alluded to?

4c. What does the allusion add to your description?

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