I need to write an essay about a description of a person. Which points should I talk about?

Answer 1

There are basically three things you can talk about: the person's personality, their interests/talents, and their physical characteristics. I would only recommend talking about the person's most outstanding characteristics; things that make him or her unique.

The purpose of the assignment is probably to get us to know the person, so I'd stay away from generic physical descriptions exclusively, like "he has red hair" or "she is really tall." You could, however, talk about these just for a little background, or use simile or metaphor to really make these traits stand out. These don't have to be real simile or metaphor; they could be implied: "His hair's so red you're suprised that it doesn't burn his ears off" (Yeah, I'm a bad writer, but you get the point.)

Show, don't tell. If the person's a bully, don't just tell us that; SHOW him shoving another student against a locker and demanding the victim's lunch money. Make him seem real to us. Is the person nice? Show him giving up his seat on the bus. If the person's incredible at math, show her receiving the highest grade in the class (again).

I'd say, generally speaking, a person's personality, talents, and interests are more important than his or her physical traits. After all, I doubt you like your friends because they have a certain hair color or height. You probably like them because they're interested in the same things are you are, or because they are nice and fun to be around.

Almost any trait is okay to use as long as you do it correctly. Simile and metaphor really help show us the person, plus they impress the teacher (which I guess is the REAL point of the assignment).

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Rachel M.

Answer 2

1. Physical Discription (height, weight, race, color eyes. color hair, tatoos, scars, beard/ moustache, etc).
2. Character (pleasant, cheerful,optimistic, pessimistic, shy, extrovert, smart, sassy, etc)
3. Sports (skiing, swimming, biking, baseball,etc).
4. Hobbies (stamp collecting, coin collecting comic book collecting, painting, woodworking, etc).
5. Anecdotal Stories (How he/she did something funny, or helpful to others, etc).
6. Other Interests (Movies, travel, books, etc)
7. His/her occupation or the occupation they hope to have)

Answer 3

1. you need to know what do you want to say about that person. (Maybe he/she is a bad writer, good musician, bad friend, bad poet...)

2. you must to write the attitudes, words, goals... of that person in order to demonstrate what you said about that person, in the first point.

Answer 4

you could use physical descriptions and also personality and interests/ hobbies. Each of those could be a paragraph