figures of description
These words might come in handy someday:
- topographia – Description of a place.
- astrothesia – A vivid description of stars.
- prosopographia – The vivid description of someone’s face or character; or, the description of feigned or imaginary characters.
- ethopoeia – The description and portrayal of a character (natural propensities, manners and affections, etc.)
- pragmatographia – Description of an action; a reported narrative.
- chronographia – Vivid representation of a certain historical or recurring time (such as a season).
- characterismus – Description of a person’s character.
- effictio – A verbal depiction of someone’s body, often from head to toe.
- icon – A figure which paints the likeness of a person by imagery.
- peristasis – A description of attendant circumstances.
- chorographia – The description of a particular nation.
- geographia – Vivid representation of the earth.
- anemographia – Description of the wind.
- dendrographia – Description of a tree.
- topothesia – Description of an imaginary place.
- hydrographia – Description of water.