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Just like the type of writing text, essay descriptions have several

characteristics, including:

• Description of the use of sensory language

• Diverse, clear and direct details

• Tend to use figurative language such as similes, hyperbolas, metaphors,

symbolism and personification.

• Shows rather than explains through the use of active verbs and

appropriate modifiers

• Use clear and concise language

• End with a clear impression to the reader

In addition to the characteristics of text descriptions, good description

categorization by looking at the following things:

a. A good text description should contain lots of clear sensory detail that

displays an image and appeals to the reader's senses of sight, hearing,

touch, smell, taste and touch according to the text. The essay

description is also a description of the feelings of a person, place or thing

that the author displays.

b. Good text descriptions often use figurative language such as analogies,

similes, and metaphors to help embed an image in the reader's mind.

c. Good text descriptions use appropriate language. In general,

adjectives, nouns and passive verbs do not have a good place in a

descriptive text. Use specific adjectives and strong nouns and verbs to

provide vivid images that will be drawn in the reader's mind.

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