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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912. Excerpt: ... 23. Description Defined.--Description is that form of discourse which has for its purpose the formation of an image. Description is most frequently concerned with images of objects seen, less frequently with sounds, and seldom with ideas arising through touch, taste, and smell. In this chapter, therefore, we shall first consider the methods of using language for the purpose of arousing images of objects seen. There is a form of description that has for its aim exactness of detail; as, the description of the mechanism of an engine, or of the structure of a flower. Since the purpose of such description is to give information, it is more in the nature of exposition and will not be included in this chapter. 24. Chief Elements of a Description.--In order to convey the image intended, a description should contain: (a) a fundamental image, (b) a point of view, (c) a few characteristic details, and (d) a suitable number of minor details properly arranged. It must conform also to the general principles of composition,--unity, coherence, and emphasis. 25. The Fundamental Image.--If we look at a building across the street, our first impression is that of size, shape, and color. Almost instantly, but nevertheless secondly, we notice certain details as to roof, door, windows, and surroundings. By further observation we add to the number of details, such as the size of the windowpanes or the pattern of the latticework. The oftener we look or the longer we look, the greater may be the number of details of which we become conscious and the more vivid may he our impression. In forming an image we do not, as a rule, observe the details one by one and then combine them into an object, but we first see the object as a whole. A description should follow this natural order of ...
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