Descriptive Writing

verb to tear or rip apart

adjective having a sharp, cutting quality

• The lancinate pain in her shoulder made it difficult for her to move.
• I can't come to the gym today, my shoulder is lancinate.
• I felt a sharp lancinate pain in my leg after the workout.
• The lancinate memories of the accident haunted him for years.

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

• The author's use of a purple passage in the novel demonstrated their mastery of descriptive language.
• I really liked that purple passage in the book - it painted such a vivid picture in my mind.
• Dude, did you read that purple passage in the story? It was so lit!
• Her speech was like a purple passage, full of eloquence and beauty.

noun a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

• The poet used a simile to compare the sunset to a golden coin.
• She explained the concept using a simile about baking a cake.
• I heard this great simile about love being like a rollercoaster.
• His words were like a sharp sword, cutting through the silence with a simile.