Purpose of writing Writing

the students will not make a serious errors if they follow the instrution which are given by their teacher.

4. Descriptive Writing

a. Definition of Descriptive Description reproduces the way things look, smell, taste, feel, or sound; it may also evoke moods such as happiness, lonelines, or fear. It is used to create visual image of people, place even units of time- days, times of day, or a reason. It’s maybe used also to ilustrate more than outward appearance of people. And this kind of writing may tell about the traits or character or personality. 27 A paragraph that describes is called a descriptive paragraph, in a descriptive paragraph, the writer describes. 28 The purpose of writing is to give a picture or to describe about something. Futhermore, Hogins on his book; Contemporary Exposition stated that description calls for specific details and accurate, fresh ways of characterizing a particular object, setting it apart from all others. 29 However, Good descriptive writing can stimulate the reader’s imagination to form sensory responses from all five senses. Frequently, the reader has no choice: many people cannot read an article about taste of citrus fruits, for example, without having a physical response to the imagined taste. And a passage about specific food left out of the refrigerator too long will produce a shudder from readers as they imagine the resulting smell. Based on the explanation above, the writer tries to conclude that description is the way things look, smell, taste, feel, or sound, it can 27 John E. Lincoln, Writing a Colledge Handbook, New York: W. W. Norton Company, 1986, p. 86 28 James A.W. Hefferman and John E. Lincoln, Writing A College HandbookNew York: W. W Norton A Company Inc, 1986, Second Edition, p. 83 29 James Burl Hogins, Contemporary Exposition, New York: J.B Lippincott Company, 1978, p.116 stimulate the reader’s imagination to form sensory responses from all five senses. b. Purpose of Descriptive Writing Simon stated that description can serve several purposes as follow: 1 it can ilustrate the basis on which you are making inferences, that will allow readers to imagine the physical object involved in the writer experience. 2 it can provide visual images to make the essay lively and concrete 3 it can reflect criteria for comparing two subjects. 30 Fink stated in her book that the purpose of description is to present the reader with a picture of a person, subject, or setting. 31 Table 2.2 Purposes for Descriptive: 32 30 Linda Simon, A Guide and Source Book for Writing Across The Curriculum, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998, pp. 21-23. 31 Lila Fink, et al., A Text for Writing and Reading, Boston: Little, Brown Company, 1983, p. 3. 32 Barbara Fine Clouse, The Student Writer, New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2000, p. 143 Purpose Description To entertain An amusing description of a teenager’s bedroom To express feeling A description of your favorite outdoor retreat so your reader understand why you enjoy it so much. To relate experience A description of your childhood home to convey a sense of the poverty you grew up in. To inform for a reader unfamiliar with the subject A description of a newborn calf for a reader who has never seen one.