Chapteｒ１1DesｃrｉptｉonThewritｅrofdescrｉpｔioｎｃｒeatesaworｄ-ｐicｔｕreoｆpeｒｓonｓ,plaｃｅs,objeｃtｓ,ａndemｏｔiｏnｓ,usingａｃａrｅfuｌselｅctｉonofdetailsｔomaｋeaｎｉmpressionoｎthereａder、Ｉｆｙoｕhaveaｌreadywriｔteｎexpositoryorargumeｎｔativeessａyｓinyourpositionｃoursｅ,ｙｏｕａlｍostcertainlyhａveｗriｔｔeｎsomeｄｅscｒｉｐｔiｖeprose、Ｎearlyｅvｅｒｙｅsｓay,afｔｅrall，ｃallsfｏｒｓomekindoｆｄeｓcripｔion；forexａｍple,inｔｈesｔudentpariｓoｎ/conｔrasteｓsay（pages2３３–236),ｔｈeｗｒiterdescｒibesｔwokindsｏfsｔores;intheｐrｏｆesｓionalprocessｅsｓaｙ(ｐages215–21９),ｔhｅwriｔｅrdeｓcrｉbｅsｔhｅembalｍiｎgｐrｏcedureiｎgreatｄetａil、Tohelpyoｕｗritebｅｔｔeｒdｅsｃriptioninyourotheｒｅｓsayｓ，ｈｏｗｅveｒ，ｙｏumaywanttｏpracｔｉcewriｔiｎｇdｅsｃriptiｖeparagｒａｐhsoraｓhortｄｅｓcrｉptiveessaｙ、HOWTＯWＲIＴEEFFECTIVＥDＥＳCRIＰTIＯNWheｎdｅscriptｉveｐｒoｓeiscａｌledforｉnyourｗriｔiｎg，cｏｎsiderｔhesefoｕrbaｓiｃsｕggestｉoｎs：Rｅcognizeyourｐurpｏse、Descripｔiｏｎｉsnｏｔfrｅe－fｌoating；ｉｔappeaｒsiｎyourｗritingforapartiｃulaｒreason—ｔｏhelpyｏuinforｍ,ｃlarｉfy,pｅｒsuａde,ｏｒcreａteamｏｏd、Insomeeｓsaｙsyouｗillwantyourｄescrｉptｉonaｓoｂjｅctive—witｈｏutpｅrsonaliｍpressｉons—asyoucanmaｋeit;forexampｌｅ,youｍightdescｒibeascｉentifｉｃexｐerｉmeｎtorabusiｎｅｓstｒansactioｎiｎstraｉghtfacｔｕaldｅtａiｌ、Oｔhertimes，hoｗｅver,youwillwaｎttoconｖeｙapａrｔiｃｕｌａｒattiｔuｄetｏｗarｄyourｓubject；thiｓａpproachtodｅｓcriptｉoniｓcaｌｌedsｕbｊectivｅorimpreｓsioniｓｔｉc、Notethedｉｆfereｎcｅｓbetwｅeｎtｈｅfollｏwｉngtwodeｓｃriｐtionsofaｔall，thinboy:ｔhｅoｂjectivewrｉterｓticｋstothefaｃtｓbｙｓａyinｇ,“Theeigｈteen-yｅａｒ-olｄboｙwas６′1″andweigheｄ125poundｓ,”wｈereasthesubｊectivewritｅrgｉｖesanimpresｓionistｉｃｄescriptｉｏｎ:“Theyounｇｂoywasaｓｔallandscｒawｎyasabirchtreeｉnｗinter、”Bｅfｏreyoubｅgindｅscriｂingaｎytｈing,yoｕｍustｆirｓtｄｅｃideｙoｕrpuｒｐoseａndtｈeｎwｈetｈerｉｔcaｌｌsｆoroｂjectiveorsｕbjeｃtiverepoｒtｉng、Dｅscribeｃlｅarly，usingsｐecificｄｅｔａｉls、Ｔｏmakｅanyｄesｃripｔiｏnclearｔoyｏurrｅader,yｏumustincludeaｓｕfｆicientｎumberoｆdeｔａｉlsthataｒespｅcificrａthｅｒthanfｕｚzyorvａｇｕe、If，forｅxａmｐｌe，yｏurfaｍｉlydoghadbeelost,yｏuwoulｄn’tcaｌｌtheanimaｌshelteraｎｄａskifthｅy’ｄｓｅeｎa“bｉgbrownｄoｇwitｈasｈorｔtail”—aｔurally，ｙou’dmｅnｔioｎeverｙdistingｕｉｓhingdetailａｂｏutｙouｒpｅtyoucoｕldthiｎｋof:sｉze，ｃolor,ｂreed,cutofｅa