description

Examples of description in the following topics:

• Variations in Abstraction

  • While abstract descriptions should usually be avoided, abstraction can be used to your advantage when used correctly.
  • Abstract descriptions are in contrast to concrete descriptions.
  • Concrete descriptions cut through any vagueness or amorphous interpretation of an idea.
  • While most of the time, you want to avoid abstract descriptions in your speech, there are times when it may be stylistically appropriate.
  • The most obvious challenge of using abstraction is assuming that your audience has a certain working knowledge and failing to describe something concretely that may have needed a specific, spelled out description.

• Types of Informative Speeches

  • The four types of informative speeches are definition, explanatory, descriptive, and demonstrative.
  • The main types of informative speeches include definition, descriptive, explanatory, and demonstrative.
  • An explanatory speech might give a description of the state of a given topic.
  • A descriptive speech creates a vivid picture in a person's mind regarding an object, person, animal, or place.
  • An archaeologist who has discovered a new temple in South America or a paleontologist who believes they have found a new dinosaur may use a descriptive speech to inform an interested audience about their recent discoveries .

• Choosing Vivid Words

  • Don't lose audience interest by having a boring speech; use descriptive language to build interest and make your points more creatively.
  • Using descriptive language can actually help get your points across more pointedly to your audience than by simply presenting hard facts and data.
  • Descriptive language engages your audience's imagination, which holds their attention and adds both interest and complexity to your speech.
  • There are a variety of ways to add descriptive language to your speech, which are described below.
  • Two of the easiest techniques to add descriptive wording to your speech are simile and metaphor.

• Simile and Metaphor

  • Similes and metaphors are forms of descriptive language that make comparisons.
  • The vehicle is the comparison or description used to describe the subject.

• How to Incorporate Expert Testimony

  • Schwartz begins by showing the job description of a hospital janitor, noting that the tasks do not require interaction with other people.
  • Schwartz personalizes the experts with proper names, "Mike," "Sharleene," and "Luke," and uses their testimony to demonstrate that despite the job description, janitors take social interaction to be an important part of their job.

• Subjects of Informative Speeches

  • For example, an informative speech about a particular actor or actress would likely focus on providing a description of who the person is and what movies or plays they have been in.

• The Remembering Stage

  • In listening to a lecture about the symptoms of depression, for example, a listener might make a connection to the description of a character in a novel that she read years before.

• Hyperbole

  • They can be used like any other descriptive form of language to help paint a more vivid picture for your audience.

• Onomatopoeia

  • Onomatopoeia, like other styles of descriptive language, can help paint a visual - and aural - picture in the minds of your audience.

• The Importance of Language

  • Are you using descriptive language?