Channel: Adam’s English Lessons · engVid

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Description: Learn how to create a vivid picture in your reader’s mind. Strong descriptive writing involves adjectives and comparisons, but it also requires other tools, such as metaphors, similes, and attention to the five senses. In this video, we look at how to use these tools to help your readers “see” what you are describing. Using these techniques makes your writing clearer and more powerful. engvid.com/5-descriptive-writing-tools More of my videos about writing: Improve your writing with participles youtu.be/eWvkSp16VFY Writing skills: the paragraph youtu.be/0IFDuhdB2Hk In this lesson: 00:00 What is descriptive writing, and why should you use it? 00:52 1. Use adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases 04:28 2. Appeal to the senses 07:08 3. Simile 08:50 4. Metaphor 09:21 5. Analogy 10:13 Examples of similes, metaphors, and analogies 13:15 How to use these tools in your writing