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An example descriptive writing question:
An example descriptive writing question:
How to tackle a descriptive writing question:
How to tackle a descriptive writing question:
Descriptive writing needs detail and imagination! The first step is to identify what you want to describe from the picture. Try cutting up the picture into sections. You're encouraged to write on the picture in the exam:
Try to describe things in an unusual or interesting way. For example, if you have a frozen puddle in your description, how could we make that sound more interesting or unusual? Make the ordinary extraordinary: "The dull puddles had been replaced by freezing cold mirrors, each showing the sky its reflection." In this sentence we have made it more interesting by adding adjectives such as "dull" and used a metaphor comparing frozen puddles to mirrors.Â
Remember that they also use the word "suggested" in the question too. This gives you the ability to tweak and change things. What could this picture look like 2000 years into the future for example? Would you prefer to imagine this picture after an apocolypse where trees and the ocean have taken over the city? Make it interesting for yourself and your examiner!
Check the topics below for more tips to help your descriptive writing impress the examiner:
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