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• description — de·scrip·tion n: a representation in words of the nature and characteristics of a thing: as a: a specification of the boundaries of a piece of land (as for a deed) b: an explanation of an invention in a patent application or printed publication… …   Law dictionary

• Narrative of the Chinese Embassy to the Khan of the Tourgouth Tartars, in the years 1712, 13, 14, and 15 — is a record of the travel to Kalmykia, written by Tulišen, a Manchu official of the Qing Dynasty. The book, which was originally written in Manchu, was later translated into Chinese. The title is: in Manchu: Lakcaha jecen de takūraha babe ejehe… …   Wikipedia

• narrative — I adjective anecdotal, communicative, declarative, declaratory, descriptive, detailed, disquisitional, epic, exegetic, exegetical, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expositive, expository, graphic, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative,… …   Law dictionary

• narrative — [adj] storylike, chronological anecdotal, fictional, fictive, historical, narrated, recounted, reported, retold, sequential; concept 267 Ant. rambling narrative [n] story, tale account, anecdote, book, chronicle, chronology, description, detail,… …   New thesaurus

• Description — De*scrip tion, n. [F. description, L. descriptio. See {Describe}.] 1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. [1913 Webster] 2. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• description — [n1] account in speech, writing ABCs*, blow by blow, brief, characterization, chronicle, confession, declaration, definition, delineation, depiction, detail, explanation, explication, fingerprint, information, make, monograph, narration,… …   New thesaurus

• Description of Africa — Description of Africa, a largely firsthand geographical book, which was published under the title Descrittione dell’ Africa by Giovanni Battista Ramusio in his collection of travellers accounts Delle navigationi e viaggi in Venice in 1550,[1]… …   Wikipedia

• Narrative — A narrative is a constructive format (as a work of speech, writing, song, film, television, video games, photography or theatre) that describes a sequence of non fictional or fictional events. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare, to… …   Wikipedia

• Narrative mode — The narrative mode (also known as the mode of narration) is the set of methods the author of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical story uses to convey the plot to the audience. Narration, the process of presenting the narrative, occurs… …   Wikipedia

• Description — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Description >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 description description account statement report Sgm: N 1 expose expose &c.(disclosure) 529 specification particulars Sgm: N 1 state of facts state of facts summary o …   English dictionary for students

• Description — For other uses, see Description (disambiguation). Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Each of the rhetorical modes is present in a variety of forms… …   Wikipedia