Key learning points

1. Descriptive writing uses figurative language to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind.
2. Descriptive writing appeals to the reader's five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.
3. Descriptive writing uses precise and ambitious vocabulary.
4. Simile and personification are types of figurative language.

Keywords

• Descriptive language - language that creates a clear picture for the reader that is often found in fiction texts

• Figurative language - the use of simile and personification to paint vivid pictures for the reader

• Simile - a linguistic device that compares two things using 'like' or 'as', highlighting similarities to create vivid imagery

• Personification - a linguistic device that gives human characteristics to non-human objects to create vivid imagery.

Common misconception