Writing English 2A: Describing & characterizing people・人物の性格描写

Hello!

How are you? Let's learn more about how to describe and characterize people (人物の性格描写して).

Activity
Look at these pictures. Write about the people in these pictures. The picture at the top of this post is an example (例えば) :

This person has white curly hair and a beard. He's old but happy. 

Now try to write some extra details about their clothes (洋服がさらに細かい描写): 

He's wearing a cream-colored t-shirt and a white hat with a brown band. 

So, your description (描写) looks like this: 

This person has white curly hair and a beard. He's old but happy. He's wearing a cream-colored t-shirt and a white hat with a brown band. 

Now characterize (性格描写して) the person: 

He's smiling and seems happy with his life. He has a kind word and good feeling for people. 

So your description and characterization might look something like this, with some connection of sentences to make your writing fuller:

This person has white curly hair and a beard. He's old but happy. He's wearing a cream-colored t-shirt and a white hat with a brown band. He's smiling and seems happy with his life, and has a kind word and good feeling for people. 

Now try with these other pictures! 

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Have fun!

Images: Top - "Old African Man" (courtesy of africa)/1. "Preparing For Dinner" (courtesy of imagerymajestic)/2. "Seated African Child" (courtesy of africa)/3. "Young Woman In Stylish Outfit" (courtesy of posterize)/4. "Genial Older Man" (courtesy of Rosemary Ratcliff)/5. "Beautiful Young Woman" (courtesy of posterize)/6. "Older Man With Hat" (courtesy of Rosemary Ratcliff)/7. "Asian Woman Smiling On The Bedroom Floor" (courtesy of Feelart)/All pictures from FreeDigitalPhotos.net