Show Don’t Tell: A Descriptive Writing Game

Posted by Erica Warren on May 18, 2021

Descriptive writing enables the author to paint scenes and characters in the mind’s eye of the reader. Like an artist, carefully selected, colorful words can convey vivid imagery, but only if the author learns to "show" and not "tell" the audience. Learning how to use illustrative adjectives, action verbs, graphic adverbs, expressive metaphors, vivid similes and showy personification is the key to writing engaging stories. What's more is it makes the process of writing a lot more fun!

Who Struggles with Descriptive Writing?

Concrete learners or students that struggle with visualization or language processing can find descriptive writing difficult to learn. They can also find the learning process boring and tedious. As a result, I created a game to help make descriptive writing both enjoyable and memorable.

What is the Show Don't Tell Descriptive Writing Game?

Show Don’t Tell & Show Don't Tell 2 Fabulously Fun Descriptive Writing Game, by Dr. Erica Warren is a downloadable and printable activity that is available at Good Sensory Learning. The game will walk students through the process of descriptive writing and will make it enjoyable and memorable.. You will be amazed at the beautiful paragraphs that players of all ages will create.