Descriptive Language

As we worked on descriptive language in text, we began to focus on how authors use descriptive language to describe characters.
We studied several authors and their examples of describing characters in their text.
We discovered that authors use descriptive language to describe a characters' appearance, their personality, and their feelings.
We searched in our own books to look for examples of authors describing characters in those three ways:

But Shel Silverstein looks more like a burglar or a pirate than a guy who should be writing books for kids.

Darth Vader always wore a black suit of armor and mask because his body had been almost destroyed in a great battle.

George and Harold are actually very clever and good-hearted boys.

Holly is the fourth prettiest girl in class.

He was dressed in a worn robe trimmed with dirty fur. He had a rugged weather-beaten face, a bushy beard, and a black eye patch.

And so this morning, my eyes felt very saggy.