Description

Description[1] in a literary sense is a medium that uses the five senses to achieve imaginative visualization. The reader is reached through their feelings, thoughts, eyes, ears, mouth, and sometimes even the nose. Description relies on what something looks like, sounds like, feels like, smells like, or taste like. Description usually set the mood of the literary piece.

Origin of Description

late 14c., from Old French description (12c.) and directly from Latin descriptionem (nominative descriptio) "representation, description, copy," noun of action from past participle stem of describere "write down, transcribe, copy, sketch," from de- "down" (see de-) + scribere "write".

Synonyms

Brief
Definition
Explanation
Information
Portrayal
Statement
Summary
Vignette
Write-Up

Multimedia of Description

Example video of description[2]

Example video of description[3]

Example of a Job Description

Example of a Suspect Description

References

http://thesaurus.com/browse/description

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=description&searchmode=none

dcmpnad. (2009, October 27). What Is Description?[Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h8Y7XsZyPk

Nate D. (2008, October 17). What is Description?[Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydvhf4NpwU8