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Hite, Morgan – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2000
Verbally describing places visited on a wilderness expedition in great detail, using poetic metaphors to add power, does more than improve descriptive skills. Speaking the place aloud deepens the experience by sharpening one's observational skills and adding an imaginative aspect that brings the place alive. Writing the observations in a journal…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Experiential Learning, Imagery, Imagination
