Family Matters

For the first step of your descriptive writing assessment, you are to choose 3 relatives and write a descriptive paragraph for each one. While this sounds simple, your writing must introduce the audience (your professor and your classmates) to people that we have never seen, heard, or experienced. Therefore, as mentioned in our evaluation meetings today, concentrate on imagery. Sight imagery is important in writing, but you should also consider the sounds, the smells, and the feelings that each person brings when he or she enters a room. You should also consider the balance of subjective and objective details. Neglecting half of these details may create a lop-sided perspective. My lasting advice is to not count lines or sentences on the paper. Instead, concentrate on the descriptive details that will reflect your relatives and create a memorable impression.

With 4 new vocab words today added to the word bank today, Rowan repeats as last person standing. Will he be the new vocab champion, will our reigning champ Colton repeat, or will someone new sneak in and win? That rhetorical question should serve as a reminder to review your vocabulary! See you on Friday - I look forward to "meeting" your family.