This is an introductory course about descriptive writing. Students enrolled in this course will receive an overview of basic descriptive elements such as sense description and comparison. Students will then learn how to apply these descriptive techniques to a variety of writing formats. Level I students will learn how to apply basic descriptive techniques to accomplish 5 major tasks:

• A series of detailed sense descriptions
• A descriptive passage
• A descriptive paragraph with a controlling idea
• A descriptive acrostic
• A descriptive character sketch

Throughout the course, students will participate in extensive email exchanges with their distance instructor for every assignment. Students are then expected to apply their instructor’s comments about the previous assignment to their current revisions.