Descriptive Paragraph

Descriptive Paragraph

Definition:
Descriptive paragraph is a paragraph which expresses or describes place, thing and person in such vivid detail that the readers can easily visualize the described place, thing, and person, or can feel that they involve in the experience.

Some descriptive paragraph may be technical, for instance, describing about thing or place such as car or classroom; on the other hand, it may describe and event or a place and include more figurative language (smile, metaphor etc.) or describe feeling or emotion. Therefor, before writing a descriptive paragraph, it is important to consider the purpose and the audience.


Generic Structure:
Descriptive paragraph is intended to describe place, person, and things so that the readers will be able to visualize the descriptions. Writing descriptive paragraph, generally, you have to regards as the following generic structure of descriptive paragraph:

a. Identification:
Identification is a p[part in which you identify or write the recognition; moreover, it can be a general statement about place, person, or thing that you want to describe.

b. Description:
Description are vivid detail or place, person, or thing that you want to describe so that readers can easily imagine or picture the descriptions, or they can feel that they involve in the experience.

c. Conclusion
Conclusion is the last part of descriptive paragraph and it is optional (it may be include or not). In this part, you conclude the paragraph or restate the identification or general statement.