A description work is one of the most common and, one might even say, standard types of written works. It is also considered the simplest of all.
Genre feature
So, the basis of this work is the description as a type of speech. That is why composing it is quite simple. Indeed, in the description there are some elements of the narrative, and they are an integral part of our colloquial speech.
The essay description answers a question that sounds something like this: "Which?" or "What?" And it is necessary to answer it in a special way, in accordance with the style. It is necessary that the author can feel the specifics of the descriptive style of speech. What are its features? Any essay description should contain details. The whole point is in them. Whether it is an essay describing an object, thing, person or phenomenon - it is necessary to tell interestingly about them. At this moment, you need to introduce yourself as an artist and be able to paint a picture with a word. This is perhaps the most difficult, especially for those students who have to do this for the first time.
Speech style
Many students take the phrase “more details” literally. This is bad because they just start listing everything. If, for example, an essay describing a person was asked , many write something like this: "She has beautiful blonde hair, blue eyes, expressive lips and an aristocratic nose."
A banal listing is suitable for a thesis plan, according to which it is then planned to write an essay, but in the work itself the topic of description should be maximally disclosed.
The same phrase can be presented much more expressively, if you design it accordingly. For example: "Her appearance is unusual: beautiful blonde hair, casting gold in the sun with gold, bottomless eyes the color of a stormy sky and sensual red lips - her image can inspire the artist to paint a picture, which will then become a world masterpiece." The difference is obvious: the meaning has not changed, but the phrase was presented much more effectively. I would like to read such a proposal with aspiration - in this style you can feel the author's inspiration, which is also transmitted to the reader.
Knowing of limits
How much the author feels the measure of what is permitted is very important. In writing - especially. Although the writing-description requires details and adjectives, their abundance is unacceptable. Otherwise, the text will lose its meaning. One must be able to intelligently combine beautiful descriptive phrases with reasoning and narration. Otherwise, it will turn out not an essay, but fiction, slightly similar to literature written in the style of melodrama.
How to describe a person?
If an essay is dedicated to a person (it may be, by the way, a literary character), then attention must be paid not only to his appearance, but also to his character. Mood, habits, facial expressions, habits are also desirable to affect. All this will help to create a more complete picture of a person, especially if the image is very contradictory - for example, with a beautiful appearance, but an ugly soul.
By the way - a great topic. It can be written approximately as follows: “This is an ideal person. Expressive cheekbones, lips of the correct form, straight nose, confident look of smart brown eyes - this young man was really beautiful. But his soul was not as perfect as his appearance. This outwardly perfect young man with difficulty hid under the mask of decency his hatred of life, people, society. And this did not make him more beautiful. "
After reading it, absolutely every person will have an image of that very young man or that perfect girl that was mentioned before. In the works of this genre it is important to consider all the little things. And let them be a little: a little about appearance, a few words about habits, about how he grins, a few phrases about character - all this will help much more in creating a full-fledged verbal portrait than a simple dry listing of things that are obvious to the author.
Landscape essay
The genre of "landscape essay" as such does not exist. However, many students have to write an essay describing the forest. Or a seascape. Or maybe mountain. In any case, the description of nature is an essay that every schoolchild has to work on. By the way, to do this is much easier than, for example, telling about a person.
In this case, too, can not do without details and artistic expressive means. In other words, the principle is the same, only it is necessary to describe not a person, but nature. Take, for example, a seascape. "A light breeze, exciting blue turquoise water of the boundless sea far beyond the horizon, a fresh wind blowing cool faces around you, the screams of seagulls barely audible in the distance - everything is so peaceful, calm ... Being here, a person involuntarily begins to believe that time stopped. " Such a phrase is quite suitable for describing what the author wants to convey.
Conclusion
As you can see from the examples given above, the most important thing that requires an essay-description is the details. They should be in moderation, just like "beautiful words". But their presence is necessary, because otherwise the essay will not correspond to genre features.
And finally, it should be said about what the conclusion should look like. In it, the author must express his attitude to what he was talking about. And it should not look like "I think ...". It is necessary to do this carefully, as if it were not the author of the work who was expressing himself. Take the same example with a description of a handsome young man. What is the best way to finish your story about such a specific character? You can write something like this: "We are surrounded by many beautiful people. They can have perfect figures and well-groomed aristocratic faces. Incredible eye color or expressive look that you can’t look up from. However, inside they can be empty. Angry, soulless, selfish. Appearance is important, no doubt. But is it worth paying attention only to her? ... "
To complete an essay of this kind with an open question will be a good authorial move. Usually such an epilogue leaves an impression of understatement and makes it possible to reflect on what has been read.