Description

When you use description, you use words to paint a mental picture for your listeners so that they can close their eyes and imagine what you are saying. If you provide sufficient information and detail, your audience may be able to experience vividly what you describe—and through multiple senses. For example, you might decide to use description to help your audience understand one of the following:

Your descriptions can have maximum effect when you use vivid language, presentation aids, and details that evoke the senses of sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste. This can be especially effective if you use a description as a subpoint to engage listeners’ imaginations and place it in the middle of what you’re defining, explaining, demonstrating, or telling a story about. (See Chapter 12 for more on effective description.)

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