← 14.5.1 Descriptive Writing (200 – 240 words)
What you can describe, and how it differs from a story
English · Grade 7 · about 40 minutes
List features of a person, thing or place. Descriptive writing shows a scene through the senses; narrative mainly tells what happened next.
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