Descriptive Writing
Descriptive writing is often considered the simplest of academic writing types as it merely intends to enrich readers with facts and information. What, when, where, who are the words that are best answered by this style of writing. The best examples of descriptive writing are the summary of an article or the results of a scientific experiment. Some of the words used by instructors to indicate the fact that it is actually descriptive writing style that they want are summarize, collect, define, list, report, identify, etc.
When describing an individual or a place or a thing, descriptive writing is often chosen by the writer to present the complete feeling to the reader. This requires choosing rich language and heavily loaded words full of metaphors to present before the reader a vivid image as if he was there to witness the scene of writing. Though some pieces are purely descriptive in nature, this style of writing is often a prelude to other styles of writing as an introduction.