A descriptive text is one that tries to represent the appearance of something or someone, explaining its characteristics, its parts or qualities.In other words, the description used in writing is like a tool that helps to convey more accurately the appearance of a thing, or someone in particular.
In this way, as long as the description is good and detailed, the writer's idea is better transmitted.
A descriptive text can be brief but should contain the following parts: the topic to be presented, the characterization of the object of study to be described (appearance and properties) and its associations with the outside world (framework).
The topics presented in this type of text can be very varied depending on the type of descriptive text that can be an objective or subjective description of reality. The topic covered can be located at the beginning or end of the text.
The characterization of the chosen object must convey the qualities, properties or parts that make up the object of study as a whole.
The associations that a descriptive text makes of the object in relation to the outside world are expressed through linguistic resources and literary figures such as adjectives, enumeration, comparison, metaphor and hyperbole.
Descriptive texts are characterized by presenting coherence and cohesion as in all texts. A descriptive text seeks to create a mental image of the object in the recipient of the message. In this sense, the station uses linguistic and literary resources to achieve its objective.
Depending on the nature or type of descriptive text (objective or subjective), the language can be denotative or connotative. Denotative language is one that is used to express data and information in a clear and objective way. Connotative language, on the other hand, conveys ideas in a symbolic or figurative sense, such as, "The cold was so cold it shivered to the bone."
Descriptive texts are divided into two large groups: the objective descriptive and the subjective descriptive. Examples of objective descriptive texts are scientific, technical, social and manual texts. Examples of subjective descriptive texts are opinion texts, poems, novels, songs, and chronicles.
