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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

Summary

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The key to writing an effective description is identifying the dominant impression.

2.

All the details in a description should relate somehow to the dominant impression.

3.

Use specific language to build descriptions.

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Use a range of sensory details in your descriptions. These will draw your reader in.

5.

Organize and delete details based on how they relate to the dominant impression.








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