Descriptive texts

A descriptive text is a text that wants you to picture what they are describing.

A novel might want you to imagine the characters and see them in your mind.
A travel book will want you to see the country it is describing.

Descriptive texts usually:

• make use of adjectives and adverbs
• use comparisons to help picture it - something is like something
• employ your five senses - how it feels, smells, looks, sounds and tastes

Examples:
The morning air was crisp and sharp as Sean walked down the road.
The pavement was slippery and cold beneath his feet like a slimy wet fish.


To learn more about words to help you describe people, places and things look at the Skillswise Describing words (adjectives) module.