THE DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

DESCRIPTION

THE DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH Meaning of the Term Description. Descrip¬tion is the portrayal in words of the qualities or features of anything so as to produce a picture or conception of it in the mind of a reader or hearer.

The Relation Between Narration and Description

Colloquial Description

The Description-motives. The description-motives below are those which occur most commonly in literature and in everyday life. We shall study each of these motives in a typical paragraph.

Description of place.— Motive I.

Description of personal appearance.— Motive II. Description of character.— Motive III.

Description of mode of life.— Motive IV.

1.	Of an individual.

2.	Of a community.

Description of an occasion or assemblage.— Motive V.

Description of a conversation, oration, book, etc. —Motive VI.

Description of mood, feeling, or sentiment.— Mo¬tive VII.

Description of climate.—Motive VIII.

Description of music or a sound.— Motive IX.

Description of audible thought.— Motive X.

The ten paragraph-models, which embody the de¬scription-motives enumerated above, lay stress upon the principles of unity and emphasis.

The Law of Emphasis in Description

The Law of Unity in Description.

Description of Place

Description of Personal Appearance.

The Description of Character

The Description of Mode of Life

The Description of an Occasion or Assemblage

Description of a Conversation, Oration, Book, etc

The Description of Mood

The Description of Climate or Season

The Description of Music, Sound, or Odor

The Description of "Audible Thought