Description

 

Description is writing that tries to describe the idea in order to help the reader visualize it.

Descibe writing often depicts a person, place or thing with great illustrative detail. It is important to be thorough when describing, so keep in mind the 5W´s (Who, What, Where, When and Why). This rhetorical mode is often used in creative writing, to make characters and places come to life.

 

• Journal entry

• Poem

• Descriptive paper on a friend

• Character sketch

 

 

Writers use descriptions in two rhetorical situations.

 

• Objectively.

To provide as much information without feeling or judgment so that virtually every reader can agree with all the elements of their description. For instance, a police officer might use an objective description to relate the events ocurring in a traffic accident, when the officer is describing the event for a court or insurance company to figure out who was to blame.

 

• Subjectively.

To give as close as possible an account of what being with something or near something or within a situation is like. Personal feelings and emotions are crucial for readers to understand what the experience means.

 

Let´s continue with the car accident scenario from above. If a person involved in the accident was in court, the person might explain to the judge or jury what being in the accident did to te person, which might involve explaining the trauma and horror of the accident and the psychological effects of te accident. Explaining psychological and emotional experiences involves giving a dominat impression so that the feeling and senses have common thread.

 

 

Practice.

 

Write a subjective and objective paragraph. The objective about the sport that you practice.

And the subjective about some experience that you had.