Writing Descriptive Composition/Essays

Vivid Descriptions of People, Places, Events

Descriptive essays

Descriptive essays are concerned with describing objects, experiences, or ideas. The word "descriptive" comes from the verb "to describe." To begin a descriptive essay, it is important to identify exactly what you want to describe. This form relies on creative writing.

Descriptive composition

Descriptive composition requires the writer to express, portray, and show clearly and vividly something that can be touched, smelled, heard, felt, or thought by the reader. It involves giving a detailed description about a topic, person, thing, place, or an incident.

Example: A German Sausage

"If you never try a new thing, how can you tell what it's like? Think of a man who first tried German sausage!

It was a great success, that Irish stew. I don't think I ever enjoyed a meal more, there was something so fresh and piquant about it. One's palate gets so tired of the old things; here was a dish with a new flavor, a taste like nothing else on earth.

And it was nourishing too. As George said, there was good stuff in it. Peas and potatoes might have been a bit softer, but we all had good teeth, so that did not matter much. As for the gravy, it was like a poem— a little too rich, perhaps, for a weak stomach, but nutritious.

We finished up with tea and cherry tart. Montmorency had a fight with the kettle during tea time and came off a poor second."