Unit Overview

Descriptive Writing

In this unit, you will read, write, and listen to descriptive writing to learn:

• how descriptive writing helps a reader visualize images in their mind.
  
• what parts of speech and literary devices are used in descriptive writing.
  
• characteristics of good descriptive writing.
  
• how descriptive writing is exciting and interesting to read.
  
• how you can find evidence in descriptive writing to support your ideas.
• how good descriptive writing can help you understand difficult words.
• how authors use language to make descriptive writing come to life.