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Unit 2 introduces the student to descriptive writing. It starts by presenting some of the key language features that are prevalent in this type of writing, and moves on to the importance of using all five senses, figurative language, vivid word choices, and enhancing, elaborating, and extending details. Students are then taken through the fundamentals of writing descriptions of things, places, people, and processes, both at the paragraph and essay level. The unit ends by challenging students to write a five-paragraph descriptive essay, using the seven phases of writing introduced in Unit 1 as a guide.