Adding sensory details helps enrich writing and enables your reader to thoroughly experience the scene you are trying to describe. Notice in these two examples how each writer has created a unique character and scene based on the “telling” sentence. Write a descriptive paragraph for one of the four telling sentences below.

Telling Sentences:
1. I was exhausted.
2. The puppy was a terror.
3. My friend was so mad.
4. The substitute teacher was strange.

Showing paragraph: