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What Do You Need To Know About A Descriptive Essay?

Many students might ask the question, "What do you need to know about a descriptive essay?" Especially if that is their most recent assignment. Because this piece is much more creative in nature it can cause a great deal of anxiety for students. But it doesn't need to.

So, what do you need to know about a descriptive essay?

  • The first thing you need to know about a descriptive essay is what purpose it serves. This particular assignment is a much more creative one, one which really allows you the chance to explore all five senses as they relate to your subject. This type of assignment will force you to take one thing, one person, one place, one flower, one location, etc. and explore each of the small details about that subject.
  • For example: if you are writing about a flower that you planted in your garden this year you can't just say that the flower is beautiful. Instead you have to explain to the reader how your Peruvian Lily has crisp fine lines along each leaf when it blooms and how it radiates in the sunlight, releases a potent and intoxicating scent into the air which seems to lure the honeybees like a genies finger.

    In other words, you have to explore all five senses to give your readers every detail possible about your subject. They should walk away knowing the ins and outs of your subject matter as if they were standing right there.

  • The second thing you need to know about a descriptive essay is that you have to pick a subject you know a great deal about. You cannot write about Mumbai if you have never been there. You have to have personal experience with your topic in order to produce the content necessary for this assignment. If you want to write about an individual but you don't really know them you can only get away with this if you have the ability to meet with them and perhaps monitor their behavior for an hour or interview them.
  • Finally you need to know is that the more detailed you can provide the better quality your content will be. If you can emphasize certain aspects of your subject better than others then you might want to spend some time brainstorming better ways to bring every description up to speed. If you can describe the way your lily looks but not how it feels or smells spend some time touching the leaves and smelling the pollen. Do whatever you can to give the best description possible.
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