DescriptionDon’t tell me, show me.

What do you see?

It’s all in the details.

PerspectiveWhat you see is what you project.We find what we know to look for.

Can you help me see through your eyes?

DetailsDepth is created through details.

You shouldn’t see everything at first glance.

Look closely. Describe what you see with more features: sensory information.

More than Meets the Eye

A good story develops in layers.

Good stories don’t give it all away up front.

They make the reader want to look closer—to develop a relationship with the text.

Any complex text tells a kind of story. It’s main idea is like the moral of the story—what the artist or author is trying to show you, teach you, give you.

Look here: how many triangles can you find?

Each time, you will probably find more than the last.

Likewise, to read a text well, you have to look closely, more than once, and know that your first guess at what it means or says is only a partial understanding. You get closer to the intended message the more times you read it.

Did you find them all yet? More than 20? 30? 40?

Describe how you found them: Don’t just tell me, show me.