1.1 Read About a Sense of Place
Introduction
Reading a good description is like looking through a window into another world. Through the use of careful examples or details, an author can create a scene that vividly describes a person, place, or thing. The best descriptive writing appeals to multiple senses at once ― smell, sight, taste, touch, and hearing. It uses imagery and literary devices that you will learn about and is found in both fiction and nonfiction.
In this unit, explore descriptive text "sense of place". Everyone has special places - places with deep meaning, memories, personal history, and cultural experiences that make a place special over time. People have memorable places where they have lived and places they may have only been to once but were left with a strong enough impression that place seems of importance. Through time, shared experiences, history, and stories help to connect places and people and to transmit a strong connection to place from generation to generation.
To what places are you or your family connected?
Through reading, viewing, and listening to descriptions, let's start our journey to some amazing places.