Writing English A: Describing & characterizing people・人物を描写、性格の描写

Hello!

How are you? Let's look at how to describe people (人物を描写する).

1. Look at the picture at the top:

This woman has long black hair and closed eyes. Her hand is on her head. 

2. Now here are some extra details about her: 

She looks stressed out.  

3. So, a sample description (例え描写) about her looks like this: 

This woman has long black hair and closed eyes. Her hand is on her head. She looks stressed out.    

4. Now connect some of your sentences, and go on to write more about what you think of the person, and what she is doing:

This woman has long black hair and closed eyes. Her hand is on her head, and she looks stressed out.. I think she's...

Activity/homework
Now let's try to do the same thing - choose two (2) of the people in the pictures below. Write a short paragraph (描写) about each person:

1. What he or she looks like, the clothes he or she is wearing, and what he or she is doing.

2. What you think his or her feelings are, and why he or she feels the way you think. 

Note: In some of the pictures, you might not see the person's clothes, so you can just write about what they look like and how you think they feel. 

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This person has black shoulder-length hair and dark eyes. She's slender and good-looking. She's wearing a black sweater and gray scarf with blue jeans. I think she's...

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Have fun!

Here are the board notes for the class on 4/17:

See you next time!

Photo credits: 1. "Beautiful Young Woman" (courtesy of posterize) 2. "Preparing For Dinner" (courtesy of imagerymajestic) 3. "Smiling little girl 

Images: Top - "Asian Woman Have A Headache" (courtesy of tiverylucky)/1. "Beautiful Young Woman" (courtesy of posterize)/2. "Preparing For Dinner" (courtesy of imagerymajestic)/3. "Seated African Child" (courtesy of africa)/4. "Older Man With Hat" (courtesy of Rosemary Ratcliff)/5. "Young Man Thinking Seriously" (courtesy of pod pad)/6. "Old African Man" (courtesy of africa)/7. "Asian Woman Smiling On The Bedroom Floor" (courtesy of Feelart)/All images from FreeDigitalPhotos.net