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Brannan: A Writer's Workshop
A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays
Bob Brannan, Johnson County Community College
Picturing Places

Glossary

description  a pattern of essay development: a verbal picture of a person, place, or thing
dominant impression  the main feeling or impression the writer of a description hopes to express or demonstrate; can be thought of as the topic sentence of a description
sensory details  descriptive evidence that appeals to a reader's sense of sight, hearing, taste, smell, or touch
specific language  highly focused details and imagery; a feature of a good description








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