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d. giving the reader enough detail to form a picture in his or her mind.
The key to description is to give the reader enough detail or information in order to form or create a vivid picture of the thing, place or scenario in his or her mind. The important features, the characteristics of the subject being talked about must be clearly described an emphasize in order for a description to be a success. It is only when the listener or the reader be able to draw the scenario out of the descriptions given will we say that the description is delivered well.
The lines in this excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that describe actions taken by the Lady of Shallot to defy the curse are:
With a steady stony glance—
Like some bold seer in a trance,
Beholding all his own mischance,
Mute, with a glassy countenance—
She look'd down to Camelot.
It was the closing of the day:
She loos'd the chain, and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away,
