Descriptive Details
- Example:
- Five things we should keep in mind while writing a descriptive detail.
- The descriptive details mean the ‘clear communication’.
- A description is more effective when it uses both objective and subjective details.
- In objective description, the facts are the primary focus. It shows less emotional aspects. The writer must describe the reality of the object whether it’s good or bad.
- In the subjective description, the focus will be totally on the subject matter. Here the writer can describe his/her emotion.
- We use descriptive details to write creatively, enhance a wide variety of subjects, give a sense of honesty, and enhance focus.
- Let’s see how we describe in detail while writing about a person, object, and place.
- When we are describing a person, we should add the physical features, appearance, name, and other details that create a visualization in the reader’s mind.
- When describing any object, there will be less emotions. We can talk about its advantages and disadvantages. We can use metaphorical terms to appeal to the readers physically.
- While describing a place, we write about its surroundings. We give our real-time experience about that place. The description should be in detail so that the reader can create a picture in his/her mind.
- These kinds of descriptive details offer the writer more creativity.
- It aims to create a realistic and touching image in the reader’s mind.
- It helps the writer to think in a broad way while writing descriptive details.
- We use descriptive language in a text like metaphor and simile.
- Let’s see some more examples of descriptive details.
Format of Writing Descriptive Details:
- While writing a description, first we give a small introduction and then start with the details, including all features of the object/person.
- Lastly, we conclude with some conclusion lines. It also includes the thoughts and personal views of the writer about that thing/person.
- Descriptive details allow sensory recreations of experiences, objects, or imaginings.
- A preposition/prepositional phrase helps the writer to make the description more realistic and clearer.
- The preposition helps to show the time, direction, and place in which writing a descriptive detail.
- Some other types of descriptive writing include writing about oneself, poems, traveling, memory, experience, and nature.
- It helps the writer to think in a broad way while writing descriptive details.
Related topics
Exploring the World of Adjectives: Types, Usage, and Examples
What are Parts of Speech? Parts of speech determine words’ grammatical and semantic position in a sentence. Activity time The parts of speech are nouns, adverbs, conjunctions, pronouns, interjections, adjectives, articles, prepositions, and verbs. Identify the parts of speech of the underlined words in the following sentences. White- Adjective Big- Adjective Exciting- Adjectives New- […]
Read More >>Memoir Writing: Basic Elements, Structures, and Types
Memoir: A memoir is a narrative written from an author’s perspective about a particular facet of his/her own life. ‘Memoir’ word comes from the French word ‘memoire’, which means ‘memory’ or ‘reminiscence’. Example Night: Elie Wiesel gives an account of how he survived his teenage years at Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps during World War […]
Read More >>Identification of Main Idea in Fiction and Non-fiction
Every story or paragraph or non-fictional text has at least one main idea. The MAIN IDEA is what the text is mostly about. (It is backed up or supported by SUPPORTING DETAILS) Before discussing how to find the main idea, we shall first look at TOPIC. Can you define a topic? A topic can be […]
Read More >>Writing an Article: Structure and Essential Tips
What is an article? Structure of Article Writing : Title : Draw the attention of readers with an attractive title and indicate the main topic of the article Introduction : Attract the reader’s attention with a sentence that gives a general presentation of the topic. Main Body : Between these sentences, the body should do […]
Read More >>
Comments: