Description is more than the amassing of details, it is bringing a scene to life by carefully choosing and arranging words and phrases to produce the desired effect.We can said that it same with Dscriptive Text,to dscribe people,scenes,or objects for their own.But,In appreciating Descriptive Prose,We feel like in the scene of story/prose.
As a feature, description is a style of writing which can be useful for other variety of purposes as:
- To engage a reader’s attention
- To create characters
- To set a mood or create an atmosphere
- To being writing to life
Both, descriptive text and Descriptive prose has dominant language features as follows:
- Using Simple Present Tense
- Using action verbs
- Using passive voice
- Using noun phrase
- Using adverbial phrase
- Using of Metaphors,Simile.
- Using general and abstract noun
- Using conjunction of time and cause-effect.
- Using languange style that give visual mind effect to the readers
There are many Using Of descriptive form, :
~As a Rhetorical Mode~
The purpose of description is to re-create or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader may picture that which is being described. Descriptive writing may be found in the other rhetorical modes. Example: In Poetry or Journal
~As a fiction writing Mode~
Fiction is a form of narrative, one of the four rhetorical modes of discourse. Fiction-writing also has distinct forms of expression, or modes, each with its own purposes and conventions. Agent and author Evan Marshall (agent) identifies five fiction-writing modes: action, summary, dialogue, feelings/thoughts, and background (Marshall 1988, pp. 143–165). Author and writing-instructor Jessica Page Morrell lists six delivery modes for fiction-writing: action, exposition, description, dialogue, summary, and transition (Morrell 2006, p. 127). Author Peter Selgin refers to methods, including action, dialogue, thoughts, summary, scene, and description (Selgin 2007, p. 38). Currently, there is no consensus within the writing community regarding the number and composition of fiction-writing modes and their uses.
Description is the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story. Together with dialogue, narration, exposition, and summarization, description is one of the most widely recognized of the fiction-writing modes. As stated in Writing from A to Z, edited by Kirk Polking, description is more than the amassing of details; it is bringing something to life by carefully choosing and arranging words and phrases to produce the desired effect. (Polking, p. 106) The most appropriate and effective techniques for presenting description are a matter of ongoing discussion among writers and writing coaches.
~As A Purple Prose~
Purple prose is a term of literary criticism used to describe passages, or sometimes entire literary works, written in prose so overly extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself. Purple prose is sensually evocative beyond the requirements of its context. It also refers to writing that employs certain rhetorical effects such as exaggerated sentiment or pathos in an attempt to manipulate a reader's response.
Example Of Descriptive Prose :
The Kingdom of Aria had been founded centuries ago by a Queen who came from across the sea. None of her people remembered her name anymore, but referred to her only as the Founder. Her picture looked out from the top of every mantelpiece in the kingdom, and Arians would sometimes gaze at her fondly, the way that one might gaze at a beloved pet. She had green eyes—green as the fields of Aria, it was said; golden hair—golden as the wine that sustained the kingdom, it was said—and pale skin—pale as the foam of the Dragonsdawn Sea that swept the eastern coast of the kingdom with unceasing motion. There was never a moment that passed in the kingdom that was not under her watchful gaze, that was not bound to the rhythm of her memories, that was not a part of the long history she had started…
If you wanna write A Descriptive Prose,Several thing that must be considered In create Descriptive Prose :
- Adjectives are powerful, and don’t go out of style. Use them sparingly.
- Keep the descriptive passages in the same viewpoint as the rest of the scene.
- Don’t dump descriptive passages at the very beginning.
- Don’t let description actively take the place of the story.
- In some scenes, verbs and nouns are more powerful descriptors than adjectives and adverbs.
Source:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Description#Description_as_a_fiction-writing_mode
- http://limyaael.livejournal.com/293346.html
- http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/25379/1/Unit1.pdf
- Oktarina,Yeni.2010.Handout Prose Appreciation.Baturaja : University Of Baturaja
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