Hello, everyone! I am Ms Su Xin, a Specialist English Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty (Hougang). Welcome to the second part of the descriptive writing series ‘About the Face’. If you have not done so, you can also check out the first part where I wrote about how to use show-not-tell phrases to describe how a character’s eyes convey emotions as well as idioms related to the eyes.
Watch the video below!
In this video, we will be looking at a part of our face that allows us to do the most amount of communication and that is … the mouth! Our mouths are a prominent part of our face. Mainly, we use it to speak but it can also help us to express our emotions in many ways. It is the most obvious way for us to know whether someone is happy, sad and more!
Let’s look at how we can use phrases related to the mouth to help us describe different ways of expressing emotions. I will also be introducing some phrases to describe smiling/laughing as it is often linked to the mouth as well! Accompanying this post would also be some idioms and good phrases related to the mouth that you can use in your writing too.
To get started, let’s take a look at phrases you can use to express emotions using the mouth:
Since smiling and laughing are actions often closely associated with the mouth, you can also use the following words and phrases to describe these actions:
Next, here are some idioms/good phrases that are related to the mouth. Memorise a few and have a few on hand to help with your descriptive writing! Some phrases here may also feature the tongue/teeth too!
And there you have it, what a mouthful of show-not-tell phrases listed here! They would definitely add an interesting element to your descriptive writing. Try using one of these in your writing soon! Keep a lookout for the third part of the series where I will be looking at phrases and idioms you can use to describe the nose. In the meantime, have fun writing! For more writing tips, be sure to check out other videos on our Youtube channel.
