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'''Description'''[http://ctrlq.org/files/listen/cb1b2170dc03db2cea5d885ebd7cd35c.mp3] 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. | '''Description'''[http://ctrlq.org/files/listen/cb1b2170dc03db2cea5d885ebd7cd35c.mp3] 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 == | == 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". | 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". | ||
'''Examples of Description''' | |||
==Synonyms== | ==Synonyms== | ||