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==Origin==
==Origin==
[[Latin]] ''dēscrīb-ĕre'' to [[copy]] off, [[transcribe]], [[write]] down, write off, sketch off in writing or [[painting]], mark off, etc., < de- + ''scrībĕre'' to [[write]].
[[Latin]] ''dēscrīb-ĕre'' to [[copy]] off, [[transcribe]], [[write]] down, write off, sketch off in writing or [[painting]], mark off, etc., < de- + ''scrībĕre'' to [[write]].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1a : an [[act]] of describing; specifically : [[discourse]] intended to give a mental image of something [[experienced]]
*1a : an [[act]] of describing; specifically : [[discourse]] intended to give a mental image of something [[experienced]]
*2: kind or [[character]] especially as determined by salient features <opposed to any tax of so [[radical]] a description>
*2: kind or [[character]] especially as determined by salient features <opposed to any tax of so [[radical]] a description>
==Description==
==Description==
'''Description''' is one of four [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_modes rhetorical modes] (also known as ''modes of [[discourse]]''), along with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_(literary_technique) exposition], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentation argumentation], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_mode narration]. Each of the [[rhetorical]] modes is present in a variety of [[forms]] and each has its own [[purpose]] and [[conventions]].
'''Description''' is one of four [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_modes rhetorical modes] (also known as ''modes of [[discourse]]''), along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_(literary_technique) exposition], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentation argumentation], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_mode narration]. Each of the [[rhetorical]] modes is present in a variety of [[forms]] and each has its own [[purpose]] and [[conventions]].
Description is also the [[fiction]]-[[writing]] mode for [[transmitting]] a mental image of the particulars of a [[story]].
Description is also the [[fiction]]-[[writing]] mode for [[transmitting]] a mental image of the particulars of a [[story]].
The [[purpose]] of description is to re-create or visually present a [[person]], place, [[event]], or [[action]] so that the [[reader]] may picture that which is being described. Descriptive [[writing]] may be found in the other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_modes rhetorical modes].
The [[purpose]] of description is to re-create or visually present a [[person]], place, [[event]], or [[action]] so that the [[reader]] may picture that which is being described. Descriptive [[writing]] may be found in the other [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_modes rhetorical modes].
The [[word]] description can be used interchangeably with the word [[theory]] in [[physics]]. When an [[observer]] is said to describe an [[event]], [[experiment]], or observation, this is a direct [[reference]], which means a theory describes the [[event]], [[experiment]], or observation.
The [[word]] description can be used interchangeably with the word [[theory]] in [[physics]]. When an [[observer]] is said to describe an [[event]], [[experiment]], or observation, this is a direct [[reference]], which means a theory describes the [[event]], [[experiment]], or observation.
