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Writing C 2012

The document provides guidance on writing character descriptions. It explains that writers use descriptive language to help readers visualize characters and understand what they look like, think, feel, and how they behave. Good character descriptions give readers insight into a character's personality. The writing task is to describe one of the people on a bus in an image, imagining their personality and giving details about what they are doing, thinking, and feeling. Hints are provided to plan ideas, stay on topic, vary sentence structures, and proofread for spelling and punctuation.

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Writing C 2012

The document provides guidance on writing character descriptions. It explains that writers use descriptive language to help readers visualize characters and understand what they look like, think, feel, and how they behave. Good character descriptions give readers insight into a character's personality. The writing task is to describe one of the people on a bus in an image, imagining their personality and giving details about what they are doing, thinking, and feeling. Hints are provided to plan ideas, stay on topic, vary sentence structures, and proofread for spelling and punctuation.

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Character descri ption


Writers use descriptive language to help readers imagine the characters in
their narratives (stories). They tell readers what the characters look Iike, and
what the characters think and feel. They also tell readers how the characters
behave in a situation or event, so that readers have a good idea of the
characters' personalities. Writers choose words that show readers what they
think about the characters.

WRITING TASK
Write a character descriptjon of ONE of the people on the bus in
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. Use the planning time to organise your ideas.
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