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Back Yard, Backyard, or Back-Yard?

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Which is correct? Backyard, back yard, or back-yard?

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Writing Tip #30: Don’t Confuse Narration and Description

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  Don’t confuse narrative and descriptive writing. It happens all the time. I ask a student to write a description …

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Descriptive Writing Prompt: A Close Observation

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In this descriptive assignment, assume the role of a scientist. Select an ordinary object — something you might find around the house or in your neighborhood — and examine it as carefully as you can.

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Writing Prompt: Alien Description

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Here’s a popular descriptive writing assignment we give in one of our middle school courses. It works for kids of any age, however.

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How to Write Description: Specific Details

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It’s not the big, obvious things that makes for good description; it’s the small, hard-to-notice things. If you are describing a busy train station, your reader will assume that there’s a train and crowds of people. But the hiss of steam from the engine or the bright blue feather in a woman’s hat are details that give the scene life and interest.

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