Descriptive Essay

 Descriptive Essay

In a description essay, the description is made about the physical characteristics of a person, place, or thing. The description relies on the five senses- sight, hear, taste, touch, and smell. Through description, you communicate your view of the world to your readers. The description can be subjective and objective. It can be incorporated in a compare and contrast essay or an argumentative essay. 

Objective Description:

In an objective description, you focus on the object. Your purpose is to present a precise, literal picture of your subject. Many writing situations require exact descriptions of apparatus or conditions to present accurate case and picture for the reader. Objective descriptions rely on precise, factual language that is presented through the writer's observations without conveying his or her attitude toward the subject.

Subjective  Description:

In contrast to objective description, subjective conveys your personal response to your subject. Here your perspective is not necessarily stated explicitly, often it is revealed indirectly through your choice of words and phrasing.  It includes suggestive language likely to rely on the connotations of words, their emotional associations, than on their denotation. They may deliberately provoke the reader's imagination with striking phrases or vivid language, including the figure of speech such as simile, metaphor, personification, and allusion. 

Both of the descriptions rely on language that appeals to readers' senses. 

Thesis Statement in a descriptive essay

In a descriptive essay, the thesis is often implied when a person, things, or place is described. The idea is subtly told through the selection and arrangement of details. Some essay also includes explicitly stated thesis. The strategy lets readers see immediately the main point the writer is making. 

The descriptive essays begin with an introduction that includes a thesis statement or establishes the dominant impression that the rest of the essay will develop. Each body paragraph includes details the support the thesis or conveys the dominant impression. The conclusion reinforces the thesis or dominant impression, perhaps echoing an idea stated in the introduction or using a particular effective simile or metaphor. 

The transitions for descriptive essay are:

above, adjacent to, at the bottom, at the top, behind, below, beyond, in front of, in the middle, next to, over, under, through, and within.