Name:_________________________Period_____ Date________ Writing

Descriptive Essay Graphic Organizer

Write Main Topic Here

What exactly will your paper describe?

Imagery - Select 4
Complete all five below. Your essay must have four out of the five in the final draft.
1. Sight Imagery Example: 1b. List all adjectives 1c. Replace two adjectives with a
more interesting word

2. Sound Imagery Example: 2b. List all adjectives 2c. Replace two adjectives with a
more interesting word

3. Touch Imagery Example: 3b. List all adjectives 3c. Replace two adjectives with a
more interesting word

4. Taste Imagery Example: 4b. List all adjectives 4c. Replace two adjectives with a
more interesting word

5. Smell Imagery Example: 5b. List all adjectives 5c. Replace two adjectives with a
more interesting word
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Figurative Language - Select 2

Complete all four below. Your essay must have two out of four in the final draft.

1. Simile Example: 1b. What two things are being 1c. Meaning?
compared?

2. Metaphor Example: 2b. What two things are being 2c. Meaning?
compared?

3. Personification Example: 3b. What object or abstract 3c. What does it say about the
emotion is being personified? object?

4. Allusion Example: 4b. What famous thing is being 4c. What does the allusion add
alluded to? to your description?