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Descriptive Essay

An essay of description relies on imagery to be successful. Your readers are dependent on your words alone in order to see, hear, smell, taste, or feel your subject. For example:

The unexpected spring storm sent sharp pellets of rain onto my face, forcing me to swallow the droplets as I panicked and screamed for help.

In this sentence, the reader can see, feel, and taste the rain, can hear the scream, and can therefore get a good picture of the narrator’s predicament.

In a short story or novel, description of a setting helps readers feel closer to the characters or the plot because they can see and appreciate the characters’ environment. In a nonfiction work, description helps readers know how a finished product should look (or feel, taste, smell, or sound).

Works of description rely on details, so be generous with them.