![]() ![]() Additionally, I described the sheep as dancing around the field. This can help you visualize how little of the grass may be showing, or how many sheep (white specks) there actually are. So I used this verb to help describe how the grass was “looking out” from underneath the sheep, how the grass was essentially looking from a hidden place which was below the sheep. Peeking, or “looking”, is a human characteristic because humans have eyes that can see and look at something, the object, grass, cannot. In my photo description, I applied the verb PEEK when talking about what the grass was doing. Personification Examples & Explanations :Īs mentioned, personification is when a writer (or someone) gives a human characteristic (a verb, for example) to a non-human thing. Personification : a form of figurative language, when a human characteristic is applied to something that is not human (like an object or animal) To paint (one’s self) a picture : to imagine an image in one’s head and visualize it as if it were a real photo or picture Luminous : very bright, filled with lightĮnclosed : being surround by something, such as a wall or fence Specks : a very small spot or piece of something Peek : to look at something from a hidden place to look at briefly Off-white a color that is a slightly gray (grayish) white – often used as an adjectiveĭots : small round mark (usually a circle) Practice makes perfect, right? So apply these new skills and practice using them plus if you share with me, I will give you personal feedback! A final bonus that’s really amazing is one lucky participator (someone sharing posts, tagging us, and using #nostalgicnovember) will win a prize pack from me and ! (WAHOO!) A quick English lesson before we see my photo… The next benefit of participating in the challenge is that you will have the chance to practice writing and using your own descriptive language. You can learn and expand your vocabulary, while improving reading comprehension. The first is you will have the opportunity to read my posts Wanderful‘s posts and other Instagramers, so you can see how we all use descriptive language. This week on my Instagram photo challenge, it’s the perfect opportunity to practice this skill. Learning how to and becoming comfortable with descriptive language will enable you to express yourself more effectively, and use your English language in a more meaningful way. You are going to see the photo that I was describing below, but I want you to really try and imagine it first to see how powerful descriptive language can be in writing and communication. Finally, I gave details in my description that would allow you to visualize concrete things in the photo ( horizon met sky, the sheep, an enclosed area, dirt road), make sure these find their way into your photo. You can think about the personification* I used to imagine what was happening (the grass peeked, thousands of sheep danced), and apply the comparisons I used to understand what to envision/see in your mind (looked like a vast cotton field). You can utilize the many adjectives (bright green, rolling, off-white, vast, overcast, large, luminous, etc.) to bring life to the nouns (things). I want you to try and imagine this photo, if you haven’t already, by using the descriptive language to “paint” yourself a picture. This is what I imagine when I think of driving through the countryside on the South Island of New Zealand. Thousands of sheep danced around the field, in an enclosed area right off a dirt road. When you look at the off-white dots up close, you can see they are not specks of cotton, but sheep. The green grass that peeked from underneath the white specks appeared so bright because of the way its horizon met an almost white sky, an overcast day with one large, luminous cloud covering the sun. These off-white dots looked almost like a vast cotton field. Spread across a bright green, rolling hillside were thousands of off-white dots. The first photo I shared in week 3 of #nostalgicnovember was taken in New Zealand.
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