Describing a person

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
Describing a person
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Writing skills: Characters
Resource type
Student activity
Students analyse character descriptions from 'White Teeth' and 'The Woman in White' and judge their effectiveness. They then use their analysis to support them in writing their own pieces of character description.

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14/03/2021

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09/02/2021

A few examples of the techniques
“magnificently tall”, powerful adverbs
“tall, black as ebony and crushed sable”, triple structure
“wore a red halter neck”, “very tight yellow jeans”, “heels of a light brown suede” colour senses
“she came striding down the stairs on them like some kind of vision”, “like a reared-up thoroughbred”, similes
“large, grave, wistfully-attentive eyes”, triple structure
“humblest rank of life”, superlative
“mechanical in its tones”, sense of sound
Varied sentence length and sophisticated vocabulary throughout.

sean ucokka

26/03/2020

5

12/06/2019

5

14/03/2021

5

09/02/2021

A few examples of the techniques
“magnificently tall”, powerful adverbs
“tall, black as ebony and crushed sable”, triple structure
“wore a red halter neck”, “very tight yellow jeans”, “heels of a light brown suede” colour senses
“she came striding down the stairs on them like some kind of vision”, “like a reared-up thoroughbred”, similes
“large, grave, wistfully-attentive eyes”, triple structure
“humblest rank of life”, superlative
“mechanical in its tones”, sense of sound
Varied sentence length and sophisticated vocabulary throughout.

sean ucokka

26/03/2020

5

12/06/2019

I haven't used it yet but I find it interesting. Thanks for this.

Mary Ogwashi

07/05/2018

its my first time using it, I find it though to understand but I am trying to solve it

komala ramalingam

01/05/2017

Thanks. I intend to use this with my class to develop their understanding of descriptive techniques.

11/01/2016

I have not used it my students yet but it has a lot of potential

04/12/2015

Thank you! Really helpful.

11/01/2015

I think this will be a useful exercise for students to practice character description.

09/01/2015