Are you using “wow words”? An apartment marketer shares the list she uses when writing ad copy and differentiating community amenities and features. Back in 2011, I wrote a blog about using unique and ...

There is a fundamental difference between emotional language and descriptive language. Emotional language tends to be very dramatic, strong, intense, and passionate. Descriptive language is rational, ...

When I first taught personal narrative in my freshmen Literature and Writing course last year I planned a traditional unit. I practiced descriptive writing techniques by having them listen to the ...

A first grade teacher on TikTok is going viral with a hilariously adorable video showcasing how she teaches her young students about descriptive writing. Oh, and things get messy, too! Kay Sloan, a ...

The earliest piece of writing I can remember producing was a story, written in phonetic spelling on small pieces of scrap paper stapled together. Mimicking as best I could a “real” picture book, I ...

Another update today from Evernote, the latest in its ongoing product sprint. Today the note-taking platform is adding “descriptive search” to its Mac app, based on what Evernote is calling “everyday ...

Writers use language to create different effects. Learning how to use these will make your writing more engaging. This video shows how to use descriptive language techniques effectively.

Researchers have developed an intelligent computational model of the descriptive grammar of the Spanish language. This opens up new possibilities for the computational representation of languages and ...

The contents of this article are a pragmatic, simplified, and adapted version of John Austin’s (1962) work on speech act theory (SAT), first presented at Oxford University between 1951 and 1954 and at ...