Be descriptive:

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Be descriptive

• Expand Sentences with Adjectives

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• Step 1correct sentences
• Step 2colorful, interesting, vivid, specific

How
To make readers see, hear, smell, taste, or feel
the things you are wring about
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• Will I do well in all my classes? Will the
  teachers be friendly and fun or stern and boring?
• She lives in Edinburgh in Scotland. She lived in
  a very small, cold apartment.
• There is a way to help us remember these joys of
  childhood, the fun, silly, imaginary things that
  were once such a big part of our lives to read
  childrens poetry.
• When someone found him in his room, his shoes and
  clothing were wet through and icy cold.

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• In Taiwan, people have two very specially and
  different ways of cerebrating Lantern Festival.
  In the north, they send thousands of sky lanterns
  into the night sky, creating a beautiful and
  peaceful scene of lights going up to the heavens.

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Make a comparison

• The butterfly has a body and two wings.
• The butterfly has a swollen body and two
  shriveled wings.
• The butterfly has a short, swollen body and two
  small, shriveled wings.

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• The alarm clock rang for three minutes, and I
  reluctantly opened my eyes.
• The shrill alarm clock rang loudly for three
  painful minutes, and I reluctantly opened my eyes.

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• The watermelon was from Taichung.
• The sweet and juicy watermelon was from Taichung.

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• The place may have dead rats in it.
• The place smells strange and moldy and may even
  have dead rats in it.

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• The jacket can help you fight off the wind.
• This soft and warm jacket can help you fight off
  the cold wind.

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• After the storm, many drivers started to appear
  on the road, trying to go back to their families.
• After the violent storm, many drivers started to
  appear on the slippery road, trying anxiously to
  go back to their families.

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• I cannot understand why Hello Kitty is so popular
  wit young people in Taiwan.
• Actually, it just has a face with two circles as
  its eyes and six lines as its whiskers.
• Actually, it just has a plain face wit two dull
  circles as its eyes and six uninteresting short
  straight lines as its whiskers.

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Practice A

• The tiny caterpillar was hungry. He ate some
  green leaves every day. Gradually, he wasnt a
  little caterpillar anymore. He became a big
  caterpillar. He then built a huge cocoon around
  himself. One day, he pushed his way out of the
  cocoon and became a colorful butterfly.