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descriptive writing 描写文
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1. appearance
try to describe your physical appearance
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2. personality
What is the most important personality trait of a good boyfriend or girlfriend?
Can you explain in details?
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Basics for describing a person
Physical appearance: face, facial expressions, body, clothes
Personality: habit, interests, manners, tastes, actions
Focus on one or two aspects of a person
Produce an overall impression and your feeling about the person (key word in your topic sentence)
Organize in spatial order
Top to bottom or bottom to top
Front to back or back to front
Right to left or left to right
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Personality
Adventurous
Aggressive
Ambitious
Bright
Carefree
Cautious
Cheerful
Clumsy
Confident
Conservative
Cynical
Diligent
Energetic
Extrovert/ Introvert
Generous
Honest
Humorous
Innovative
Liberal
Mean
Modest
Nosy
Opinionated
Optimistic/ pessimistic
Responsible
Romantic
Rude
Selfish
Submissive
Tolerant
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Topic sentence
Topic sentence: show the writer’s attitude or impression of the person
I’m going to describe Mr. Piper, my history professor.
I met a surprisingly handsome young man at the bus stop yesterday.
Dr. Smith is a typical middle-aged bachelor.
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Exercise
She has charming eyes.
He was a gentle man.
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Her eyes were quick and bright; they were a yellowish brown, about the color of her hair. She had a way of turning them swiftly upon an object and holding them there as if lost in some inward maze of contemplation or thought.
He wore glasses. He was of forty, of medium height and rather slender build; he stooped a little. His hair was brown and straight, parted on one side. His beard was neatly and closely trimmed.
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Details
Use specific and d