But descriptive essay has its own specific peculiarities and that’s why it is worth to pay more attention on this type. What is the purpose of descriptive essay? The purpose of descriptive essay is to give the clear image of somebody or something which is the object of the description. It is not enough to tell about, it is necessary to cause reaction of all sensory organs.

When you describe something or somebody by means of words, it would be great to imagine that you are painter who can depict the object of description by means of colors. So, just imagine that you are verbal painter who is creating verbal masterpiece.  While writing descriptive essay it is necessary to use all your organs of the senses. It means that the object of description should be described from visual side, from sound side, from tactile side, smell side and taste side. You have to describe using all these senses. Only in such case your essay will cause necessary effect and will be evaluated respectively.

It presupposes certain talent because it is not easy to transform five sensations into verbal form. But if you manage to do it, then reading your essay, reader will clear imagine that object which was described. In order to achieve such effect, it is necessary to have large vocabulary, so it would be wise to read from time to time the dictionary of synonyms.

Every minute thousands of people are getting angry. I am sure that you also have a lot of moments when you were angry. Yes, anger is a feeling that any person (even the most calm and relaxed one) can experience. Some people are getting furious very easily. Others need some really good reasons to lose their temper. Anyway, there are instances when people cannot control their emotions and feelings.

So, why not to talk about it in your descriptive essay? Definitely, we do not suggest you just to talk about the feeling itself. By means of describing it, you can find some solutions how it can be managed.

Here are some tips for:

•    Try to describe particular situations when people can get angry.
•    Describe the emotion itself. Think about peoples’ faces, gestures, language. Usually, this makes rather bad impression. People look unattractive and even ugly sometimes.
•    You can describe yourself when you are angry or some of your friends.

Actually, these descriptions should serve as a deterrent factor from aggression and anger. For instance, if you tend to lose temper easily, you can imagine yourself in this condition and probably you will do it on some very rare occasions. Thus, in your paper you can give not only some descriptions, but also find valuable solutions.

One may think “What is so hard or special about giving the details? You just need to describe something in more colorful words”. Yes, giving more words in the descriptive essays is not difficult. However, not all these words will be to the point and not all of them will contribute to the successful piece of writing.

Have you ever seen such notes in your margins “what is your point; not clear; explain”? Do you know what they mean? They mean that your reader (in your case it is tutor) was confused by what you have written. Actually, it is a bad sign and it is a common mistake of many students.

What is more, it means that you do not know how to use the details properly. You can use them just to confuse the reader.

So, what can you do about this situation?

•    You have to check whether your details have not turned into the generalizations or empty abstractions.
•    You have to make sure that you have provided the reader with the background information. Your details should be related to certain information introduced previously.
•    You should also check whether you just have not got of the subject. Probably, you have been carried away by the details that you started to talk about something else.

So, giving the details is not easy and you should learn how to do it.

In order to create a good descriptive essay, you should choose an effective topic for it, if, of course, you are not given the topic beforehand. Human feelings can be a good topic for your essay, besides, very interesting to read. You can also try to conduct an experiment for you to be easier to describe the feelings you get in different situations. For example:

•    Anger. Try to call recollections from the past. Probably, someone has ever adjudged unguilty people that made you be angry. Everyone has ever felt anger. When we feel anger, it seems that every stem cell of our body is screaming and wants to jump out;
•    Joy. You must certainly know how joy feels. Describe the feeling you had when your parents firstly bought you a bicycle. Joy is equal to momentary happiness that first makes us laugh, then knocks the heads together. Give examples of the situations when people can feel joy;
•    Amorousness. Amorousness is similar to a flight on wings. Everything seems to be so kind and beautiful. You feel happy when you fall in love with someone, you want to give your positive mood to everyone, you want everyone to be as happy as you are. If you want to describe this feeling in your descriptive essay, try to remember your first love.

As far as you can see, a descriptive essay is very interesting to write, especially if you write about something that is more in line with your interest.

What is more, you will just get the possibility to learn more about this incredible animal. Perhaps you just know that this is the biggest animal on the planet and that it is about to become extinct. However, there are so many interesting facts about blue whale, and we are glad to share them with you.

o    Blue whale can reach in size up to 30 meters. Still, the average size of the female specie is 29 meters and 26 meters of the male specie. The weight of the adult blue whale is 100-200 tonne.
o     The body of the blue whale is huge and stretched. Its head is V-like, wide and smooth on the top with much curved on the sides mandible. Its upper jaw has black baleen plates. The color of the blue whale is blue-grayish with gray spots on the body. Its head and mandible are dark, and its back and the body sides are light.
o    Usually blue whales try to swim in the groups of 2-3 specie, however they can swim alone. Mostly they can be found far from the shores. Blue whale can move with the speed of 6-8 miles/hour. Still, when it is chased it can speed up to 15 miles/hour.

These are just a few of those amazing facts that can be told about blue whale. You can find out much more in your essay.

Of course, a descriptive essay, like any other kind of paper, should be structured properly. That is why I would like to present you what a potential structure of descriptive essays should be like.

Introduction. Here you will have to talk about the object of your description in general. Thus, you will introduce it to your reader, and your essay will have a certain introduction. Think over the best way to introduce the chosen object to your reader so that it would interest him or her;

Main Body. The main body of your descriptive essay reveals the issues by means of which you will be describing this object. Remember that you should not provide an overwhelming number of details but present the ones that help you describe vividly;

Conclusion. The final part of your descriptive essay may include your personal attitude towards the subject under consideration. The conclusion should summarize what you have said in the introductory paragraph of your essay.

Keep to this structure while writing your descriptive essay, and you will manage to get the highest grade on your essay.

You have to understand one thing. All the subjects have some features that can distinguish them. Thus, when you need to describe something, you should think of all those features that make this subject unique.

For instance, you have to describe the house you are living in. Now, feel the difference between these two examples:

I live in that house.

I live in that two-story, white house with a red door and stairs in the front side.

You see how these two sentences are different. The first one just tells that you live in a house. The second gives a short description, which allows to get the first immersion of your house. Or compare another two examples:

I have a friend.

I have a friend – an 18 years old red-haired, tall guy, with funny freckles on his nose, green eyes and lovely smile.

I think the difference between these examples is also vivid. You see, the details make your essay more interesting and rich. They arouse the reader’s imagination making him/her read your essay till the end. What is more, giving the details is not very difficult. You just need to use your imagination that I am sure you definitely have.

So, what feelings can be described in your descriptive essay?

Love. When people love, they bear a kind of high spirit. They are happy to have a close person nearby and thank God that this person has come to their life. Love can be compared with sunshine that warms but does not burn. Love cannot burn, since it is not harmful. It brings benefit only;

Passion. Sometimes people mix up love with passion. Passion brings sufferings. If you cannot have someone, you are tortured by a desire to get him/her. When you are suffering from desire, you are just like a thirsty flower that needs water, and disagree with reality of having no opportunity to get enough water. So, you are fading like a flower and start to hate everything for giving you no chance to get this water;

Stress. When you have stress, it seems that heaven have left you in the lurch. Everything seems to be in black color and you get no strengths to bear it all. You are loosing any hope and belief in the best.

Choosing an interesting topic for your descriptive essay will help you make it perfect, besides, you will feel much better after you tell your reader about your feelings.

The only thing that we would like to tell you about writing the descriptive essays is that you should describe something unusual; something that not everyone could see in their lives. That is why, we suggest you to describe a bush dog.

Probably you also have not seen this dog. However, you will easily find information about it, even in this article.

Bush dog is a very rare species of dogs. It can be found in Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Columbia.

Bush dog has an interesting appearance. By the way, it resembles the otter much. Bush dog is not big and it weighs approximately 5-7 kg. It is solidly built, has elongated body and short limbs with membranes. Its head is big, with small ears, big eyes and blunt snout.

Bush dog has long, firm, sleek hair. The color of its hair varies from the brown-reddish on the head to the dark-brown, almost black on the tail. Its limbs and stomach is darker than the rest of the body. Sometimes on the throat of a bush dog a light spot can be found.

Bush dog mainly leads a nocturnal way of life. During the day it hides in the burrow, which it digs up, or it can use the burrow of another animal. Because of its stout body, bush dog can easily make its way in the thick forest. It also swims and dives excellent.

So, even from this article you can take a lot of details for your essay.

The first one was depicting people or I am not sure whether some of them can be called so. Well, on the foreground you can see a kind of pyramid. If you look closely, you will see that it is made of the naked man bodies. They are huddling up on the dirty floor like snakes trying to hide their heads. On the background you can see two happy faces in the uniforms. They are so happy, because they know they can do anything to those men, and they are so self-assured that they think the punishment will never come.

The second picture also had people on it, but one man was dead. So, on the foreground you can see the dead man. He has several wounds on the body and some strange, bloody spots instead of eyes. A piece of filthy cloth is covering the half of the body. Near him you can see a smiling face wearing large spectacles showing all his delight with his thumb up.

These are the pictures of the soldiers of one country who serve in the prison of another country. And all mentioned above is a small example of the descriptive essays.

Descriptive essays can describe anything you like. The main thing about descriptive essays is the abundance of the details, which will transfer everything that you feel or the emotions of the author of a picture. I also tried to do it and I tried to express all the disgust that I feel.