Chapter IV: Description

Difficulties of Language for making Pictures 49
Painting and Sculpture 50
Advantages of Language 50
Enumeration and Suggestion 52
Enumerative Description 54
Suggestive Description 55
Value of Observation 55
The Point of View 56
Moving Point of View 58
The Point of View should be stated 58
Mental Point of View 59
Length of Descriptions 63
Arrangement of Details in Description 64
The End of a Description 70
Proportion 73
Arrangement must be natural 74
Use Familiar Images 75
Simile, Metaphor, Personification 77
Choice of Words. Adjectives and Nouns 78
Use of Verbs 79
Suggestive Questions and Exercises 81