Using language techniques and precise vocabulary to write excellent descriptions
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I can write an excellent description which meets the ambitious success criteria.
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Excellent descriptions and narratives will focus on describing details, rather than trying to write too much.
Figurative language can be used to create vivid imagery.
Using semantic fields as part of your description can help characterise the setting.
Describing the features of something rather than its overall impression (showing not telling) makes description vivid.
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