Start a descriptive essay by using your five senses.
Writing essays has long been part of academic life, but not all essays have to be solely
reliant on arguments and persuasion. The descriptive essay relies mostly on your five
senses to bring a unique viewpoint to your readers. Typically, you can choose to write
about an experience, person, place or thing when writing a descriptive essay. Open the
essay with important details that describe your subject and intrigue the reader.
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1. Writing About an Experience
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If you decide to write about an experience, start your descriptive essay by setting
the scene. Describe where you experienced this event, the atmosphere of the
place and the way you felt. A descriptive essay asks you to delve into your
senses and report on something in as much detail as possible. If you have an
experience to share, think of the first part of your essay as the first scene in a
movie. You want the readers to feel exactly what you felt when the experience
begins, by placing them in the scene with you.
Writing About a Person
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Nothing describes a person better than their actions. An interesting way to start a
descriptive essay about a person involves sharing a story about something the
person did. For example; if you want to write about your eccentric uncle, start
your essay by writing about his refusal to go to college so he could study insects
in Brazil. This is a good jumping-off point to further describe him.
Writing About a Place
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When writing about a place, start your essay by describing your very first
impression of the place. For example; to describe a coffee shop, the first
impression may be the smell of coffee beans, or the sight of the girl at the counter
taking orders. Maybe before you enter the coffee shop, you can hear a smooth
jazz song playing from inside. No matter what you first sensed about the place,
start your essay with that first impression.
Writing About an Object
Because objects often have a history, start the essay with how you came to be in
possession of the object. For instance; to describe an heirloom necklace, detail the path
the object took from your grandmother's neck to yours. Or, go even further and research
the origins of the heirloom and the people who made it. Even if you just want to talk about
an orange you ate, you can start by saying where you bought the orange and how that
might relate to its taste, smell or sight.