Writing | Setting Description

A setting description describes what a place looks, smells, feels, and sounds like. The setting description is about the deep dark wood in 'The Gruffalo'.

To describe the feeling of something, people use adjectives such as: hard, soft, rough. This allow the reader to understand the physical texture of something.

When describing the sound of something, people use adjectives such as: loud, quiet, quickly. It allows the reader to understand the concepts of the sound.

To describing the look of something, people use adjectives such as: grey, bright, old. The reader can understand and visualise the colour, the texture, the quality of that thing.

When describing the smell of something, people use adjectives like: stinky, cold, fresh. The reader can understand the and the scent of something.

By using the senses in setting descriptions, it gives the reader more of an idea about the setting. It also allows the reader to connect with the setting because there is more information being given.

LI: to write a setting description.