Descriptive Composition is developed by a series of descriptive facts. Such a composition, therefore, is a picture painted with words. It may be a description of a scene, an object or a person. The description should be accurate without giving too many unnecessary details. The most essential quality required for writing such a composition is an eye for detail. Many people are unable to visualize in their minds the details of a scene, which they might have looked at thousands of times.

There are two ways of dealing with a descriptive essay.

• First of all, there is the method by which the writer moves across the scene, describing a variety of details as one sees in them. This method need not be confined to sights. The writer may describe sounds, smells and movements.
• The second method of dealing with a descriptive essay is by making use of contrasts. One can often find interesting material by comparing a scene by day with the same scene by night.
• Descriptive essays also contain a description of characters