Descriptive Language

you need to know what type of writing you're being asked to make

it is asking for a description

it has said about creating a piece of writing "as suggested" by this picture. This means you can use the picture to help develop your ideas.

Zoom in on the picture and select at least 5 key areas that are of interest and you can describe

You can draw circles or section the image up to make this easier

For this image it could include: Walls, Ceiling, Draws, Window, Bed.

Now you need to think about the TONE

Is this going to be a happy place? is this going to be a terrible experience? Will it start off good and end bad?

if you look at the Room image, you can see that the window is in the centre of the image and darkness is around it. what could this suggest?

There are trees outside the window, this could be a symbol of life and happiness, a contrast of the hopelessness inside.

In this image there is an undercurrent of destruction and darkness with a light at the end of the tunnel. (the darkeness of the inside around the brightness of the light coming in from the window)

This contrast of tone could make your descriptive writing become very interesting.

you could start your writing with a dark and miserable tone and then end it with a light and happy tone.

you will be given a space to plan your writing

even though this plan does not get marked it can help you write down your ideas so you do not forget later.

You can use any planning method, icluding:

Mind Map

Paragraph plans

List of ideas

^{Paragraph one: Zoom in on the broken walls and floor}

^{Paragraph two: Zoom in on the draws and memories they keep, focus on dark tone.}

^{Paragraph three: Zoom in on the bed, was someone ill in that bed? did they sleep well?}

^{Paragraph four: Zoom in on the window and change the tone to a hopeful way out of the darkness.}

^{Paragraph five: keep to happy tone and end with a short question- what really happened here?}