Chapter Summary In this chapter, you have learned that the goal of descriptive writing is to give a clear mental picture of the thing being described There are two kinds of description: objective description, and subjective description. The former describes only what you can see, hear or measure, while the latter also Includes your personal feellngs or Impressions towards what you describe. Bear In mlnd, a good descriptive essay appeals to readers sensory perceptions by making use of these devices: spatial order the organlzation of ldeas In order by space sensory detalls the use of words that appeal to senses, dominant Impression the emphasis on the most strlHIng ldea of the thlng you ush to describe, and flgure of speech the use of language In an Imaginative