word picture
Language paints scenes
A word picture is a vivid verbal description that creates a mental image, painting a scene through language rather than visual media.
The phrase emphasizes descriptive power: Her letter contained a word picture of the village so detailed I felt I'd been there.
Writers aim to create word pictures that let readers see what they're describing.
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- descriptionAccount of characteristics
- pen portraitWritten description of someone
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
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- descriptiondescription, detail, descriptive prose, vivid imagery, sensory detail
- descriptionsdescription, character sketch, portrait, profile, summary
- poetry termspoetry, rhyme, verse, rhythm, meter
- descriptive writingdescription, descriptive writing, imagery, sensory details, visual imagery
- imageryvisual imagery, metaphor, symbolism, allegory, sensory detail
- metaphorsbroken heart, dead metaphor, mixed metaphor, time is money, extended metaphor
word picturephotograph
Image from a camera
photo · picture · image · illustration · drawing
word picturebare facts
Unembellished essential information
technical language · bullet points · data dump · outline · jargon
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