WRITING: A PERSONAL DESCRIPTION

A PERSONAL DESCRIPTION

A description has an introduction, body and conclusion. The following outline may be useful

Title

·         Name of person you are describing

Paragraph 1. INTRODUCTION

·         Name, age, profession: Her/ His name is …. / S/he is …. years old. S/he is a …

Paragraph 2. BODY

·         Physical traits:

Ø  Height: S/he is big / small / short / medium height

Ø  Build: S/he is medium weight / skinny / plump / chubby / slim / fat / thin

·         Characteristics:

Ø  Hair: long, short, medium length, straight, curly, wavy; bald, blond, black, red, brown

Ø  Eyes: blue, green, brown, black, big, wide

·         Order of adjectives:

Opinion	Size	Age	Shape	Colour	Origin	Material	Purpose
silly		young			English			man
	huge		round			metal		bowl
	small			red			sleeping	bag

 

·         Clothing: S/he always wears smart / neat / elegant / business-like / very informal / casual / formal / tight / scruffy / baggy / loose clothes: t-shirt, jeans, trousers, sweaters ….

Paragraph 3. BODY

·         Personality, likes and dislikes, hobbies

S/he is + adjective: friendly, self-confident, melancholy, reliable, talkative, shy, gentle, efficient, easy-going, thoughtful, good-humoured, artistic, bad-tempered, eccentric, moody, stubborn, cheeky, mischievous, nosy, aggressive, lazy, intelligent, talented, optimistic, sociable, calm, practical, ambitious, outgoing, etc

S/he is a/n + noun: a perfectionist, a good person, a hard worker

S/he likes + V+ing: She doesn’t like reading

Verbs: go out, stay in, walk/ drive to school/ work, play tennis, read, watch TV, go to the cinema

Paragraph 4. CONCLUSION

·         Explain why you have described this person: My main reason for describing  …. is because his/her personality fascinates me in so many ways.

 

My cousin Julian has been my role model for as long as I can remember. He’s 18 years old and is a hardworking graphic design student. He doesn’t have a lot of money because he works part-time, but he’s able to share a small, comfortable flat with some friends in Soho. I admire him because of his open-minded personality.      Julian is tall, thin and very handsome, with long, straight, blonde hair. He wears baggy, comfortably clothes.      Julian is a very independent and easy-going person. He’s also very open to lifestyles that are different from his own. I think this is because he loves travelling. He can speak several foreign languages, such as French, German and Italian. Travelling and speaking so many languages has helped him to accept other people’s differences and to learn from them.      To sum up, I think my cousin Julian is a fascinating person because of his tolerance and independence. I know we’ll be very close in the future, too.