descriptive+detail


 * descriptive detail:** When an essay uses this phrase, look for the writers sensory description. Descriptive detail appealing to the visual sense is usually the most predominant, but don't overlook other sensory detail. As usual, after you identify a passage's descriptive detail, analyze its effect.

__EXAMPLE__ "Gandmother Workman //lurched over and grabbed the pale skin of Randal's thin forearm with her leathery hand//. The folds and creases beneath her skin coiled themselves out like electrical wiring, like the bloated, roughly-textured relief map of the world that his mother just posted above his bedside table. Randal looked ahead toward the winding spiral staircase, //fidgeted with a small hole in his baseball jersey, and bit his lip//. His mouth filled with the sweet, coppery taste of blood as she leaned in closely toward him, breathing her hot breath on the damp hair at the base of his neck. She smelled of wet cigarettes and bacon. As they slowly climbed the long, steep staircase, the only sound was his grandmothers' labored breathing and the mournful creak of the wooden stairs."uyfukvjytcyjtcjytcyjtcjytvyjtvyjtvjytvyjtvyjtvyjtvyjtvjytfyjtftyftyftyvtvtvtyvtyvytvytvyjtcjytcjycjytfyjtfyjtfyjtfyjtfyj http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/ddetail/pop5b.cfm