Description involves using vivid language to engage the five senses and allow readers to experience the subject through sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste. There are two types of description - objective, which is straightforward and unbiased, and subjective, which aims to elicit an emotional response. Descriptive writing uses both denotations and connotations, or emotionally charged words. When describing a subject, writers should choose the subject, determine the purpose and audience, use prewriting to generate sensory details, focus on a dominant impression, select supporting details, and employ vivid language and varied sentence structure to fully immerse readers.