Help senior students write description that earns its place — vivid without becoming overwritten. Every step — from purposeful metaphor to connotation to rhythm — is paired with a hands-on activity, so students are actively refining their own descriptive writing from the very first slide.

Covers show-don’t-tell at a craft level, metaphor and simile with purpose, personification, layered sensory imagery, symbolism, word choice and connotation, sentence rhythm, and how to avoid both purple prose and clichéd imagery. Finishes with a peer/self discussion check and a fully polished descriptive passage incorporating multiple figurative devices.

Includes worked exemplars throughout, continuous practice activities, an independent writing task, and a consolidated answer key with a self-assessment checklist.

The sixth in the Creative Writing Skills series, building on Idea Generation, Character Development, Setting, Structure, and Dialogue — suited to senior students refining craft-level control of language.

File information: Non-editable PDF, Not an editable PowerPoint
How to use: Upload to your LMS for digital learning / Print selected pages for classroom use / Display pages to guide discussion and activities / Adapt in presentation or design platforms if desired (formatting may vary)