The ability to express your thoughts in many respects depends on how others will understand you. It is for this reason that Russian is one of the main subjects of the school curriculum. It begins with calligraphy in the first grade and is taught throughout the entire period of study. For many, it’s quite problematic to learn to write without errors - this is evidenced by the culture of a person’s speech, the way he expresses and speaks. Some teachers believe that the ability to speak correctly largely determines the literacy of an individual and his ability to express his thoughts. It is for this reason that the educational program is rather aimed not at memorizing the rules of the Russian language, but at developing the ability to stylistically correctly build one’s reasoning. To this end, the school conducted a large number of works aimed at description. Examples of them are quite simple: an essay on a picture or, say, about how a child spent his holidays.
Such tasks allow the student to develop the ability to choose the right words and, as a result, to correctly express themselves.
What is a description?
A description refers to any passage of a text or a statement revealing the meaning of what he saw or heard. In fact, the same description of nature comes down to the verbal transfer of what he saw on paper. As a rule, for the first time, a person encounters this type of text at school in Russian language lessons. Modern educational programs are designed in such a way that junior middle school students, namely the fifth or sixth grade, write compositions in which it is necessary to do, for example, a description of the flowers or a person. Actually, there is nothing complicated or unusual in such a task, however, a child may have certain difficulties for the reason that he has never before described anything in coherent text.
Description Types
In general, all descriptions can be conditionally divided into two large groups: living and nonliving. The first type should include people, animals, plants, nature, in a word, everything that can be considered animate. The second type is also quite common: this includes a description of the city, seasons, things, technology. Despite this separation, the methods of narration can overlap, as in the works there must certainly be some literary presentation, involving the use of means of artistic expression. Of course, this comes with time, and the first works will not at all look like perfectly written texts. But with the proper level of reading of the child over time, he will learn to use suitable words to depict anything, whether it is a description of nature or man.
Description Plan
Despite the fact that in the classroom, the teacher is obliged to give the students the plan according to which the description should be made, examples of such works can be different. Let's try to consider some universal way of writing such essays. First, you need to highlight for yourself the main points on which the structure of the work will be built, namely the introduction, the main part, conclusion or conclusion.
It is important to note that there is no personal opinion in such works. This is logical, because it is difficult to distinguish it if the task is, for example, a description of the city. Each part has its own size. The introduction is a small, couple of general sentences that set the tone for the entire composition. The main part is more detailed, there will be highlights. The conclusion is a general impression of the described object. In the introduction, it should be said about how the object was created - if it is a picture, then by whom and when it was painted, if the building, then who is its architect. The main part will be discussed below, and in the conclusion they write, as a rule, about whether the object was liked or not and why.
How to express your thoughts
When writing such a work, it is very important how the author will narrate. One of the most successful methods of description is the choice of the brightest parts and their detailed analysis. There is another way, which consists in a general overview of all available parts. It is very important to guess if it is, for example, a description of the picture. The artist could make a certain emphasis that needs to be caught. In this case, the description will be bright. Another very important point is that it is necessary to select expressions accurately so that the reader of the work can clearly imagine the described object. Of course, such skill is inherent only to talented writers, but hard work can achieve good results.
Description at school
The most acute issue is school descriptions, since it is here that the first difficulties are revealed. In general, only certain types of work are used in tasks, having examined which, one can successfully cope with any task. The second part of the article will be devoted to how to do this. As a rule, description tasks are based on various paintings by famous artists.
Surely an artistic description of nature is something that every student first of all encounters with. There is no need to be afraid of this, because there is a certain plan, following which you can cope with the task without special difficulties. So, there is a task requiring a description. We will consider examples below.
Landscape description
Firstly, it is necessary to strictly follow the plan presented above. We are interested in precisely the main part, since it raises the greatest number of questions. There is a rule: when describing any picture, you should move in one direction. What does it mean? Everything is pretty simple. If there is a landscape, then it is necessary to describe objects, for example, from top to bottom or vice versa. This will not forget a single detail and create a holistic view of the picture. Further, when moving, it is required to select any object and describe its position in the overall composition, not forgetting to use the means of artistic expression, as this will make the presentation more literary.
Also important is the way the author called his picture. From this we can conclude that special attention should be paid to. If, for example, he called the painting "Summer", it means that you should pay attention to all the attributes of this time of year and try to find them on the canvas. In this case, the description of the summer will be quite successful. For example, a description of such a picture can briefly look like this: “In the picture of artist N, we see a picturesque landscape captured in the hot summer season. The sun is at its zenith, so we can conclude that it is noon. There is calm weather, there is no wind , the
crowns of the trees do not move. Bright colors on the field emphasize that now June is the juiciest time "and so on.
People description
The second most popular task can be considered a description of various portraits. In fact, it is not much different from any other species, but the principle here is slightly different. If you want to make a description of the appearance, an example can be considered in any work of classical literature. A professional author easily “runs through” the appearance of the hero, examining his clothes, face and focusing on some distinctive features, which allows you to revive the story. This technique will look very advantageous in any work. But it is necessary to have a sense of proportion, namely, not to focus on one detail. The very essence of the description is to convey the main features of the object in the most accurate way in the shortest possible time.
Plant description
The favorite topic of many artists is the image of plants, which is why often have to deal with the problem of their description. Here you should pay attention to the fact that, as a rule, such objects are small in size, therefore the author of the picture focuses on the details.
Description of colors can serve as a vivid example. If the picture is a still life, you will have to try to notice all the features that the artist conveyed. Dewdrops, broken stamens or irregularly shaped petals - all these are important details that convey the mood of the picture, and therefore, they should be reflected in the description. In general, there are no cardinal differences. The only thing you should pay attention to is paint. Plant color can play a rather significant role, so you need to turn to materials that reveal the meaning of color symbols.
Other descriptions
In addition to the notorious paintings, another type of task may be a description of the holidays. Probably, everyone wrote about how he spent them, without fail including a description of the summer in his story. Here it is worth paying attention to some general details that are associated with this or that season, that anyone can easily imagine. Then the work will look very advantageous.
Sometimes a description of what happened may not be as easy as it initially seemed. The student, wanting to share a huge layer of information imposed on the impression, can express his thoughts incoherently and abruptly, so here you should pay special attention to the plan - perhaps spend more time on its careful development. In this case, it is easy to write a good essay that will be easy and pleasant to read.
Conclusion
Of course, you can give a lot of advice on how to make a description. Examples will not be superfluous, but they may turn out to be a disservice. When writing any work, style is very important. Its presence in most cases can significantly help, even if a person does not own the information. Borrowing other people's thoughts can lead to dulling of the writing talent that everyone has. And this, in turn, is fraught with the fact that in high school or exams it will be difficult for a student to concentrate and correctly state his thoughts. If a child is able to independently carry out a description of an object, it means that he not only knows how to express his thoughts correctly, but does it confidently and quickly. Undoubtedly, this needs to be learned, and only practice will be useful here. Knowing the Russian language is the responsibility of every citizen of Russia.