Can you describe something without using adjectives??

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   DaniellaWoodposted 14 years ago

   Can you describe something without using adjectives??
   
   I can't actually figure this out myself...I don't think you can...Give it a go... "This table is...shiny." Damn. "This table is...looking very...nice." Damn. Is it impossible??

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   limeylenaposted 14 years ago

   Using similes and metaphors- you give an impression of the object or what have you, but without sounding like a thesaurus.
   
   This is a bad one, but it is the first thing that popped into my head, and I have to run:
   
   "This table looks like a girl all dolled up for prom."

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   Silver Poetposted 14 years ago

   The question is further complicated by the fact that articles like the words "a, an, and the" are considered adjectives, as well as the word "this."
   
   Using simile is a good idea, however.
   
   "Tables are wood and are planes."  Adjectives would fill in the missing information so much more vividly.
   
   "Tables are elevated wooden planes used for eating, writing, etc."

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   Lisa HWposted 14 years ago

   It can be done, although the sentence won't be particularly appealing or artistic.  I'm assuming you mean not using any single word as an adjective and using nouns, verbs, or other parts of speech instead.  If I'm misinterpreting the challenge overlook my example.      An example might be describing a coffee mug:
   
   It's the height of a cell-phone,  holds coffee, and has a diameter the size of a package of cigarettes.  There are flowers on it.  I think they're Chrysanthemums.  They appear to have been painted by hand, with a color that matches that is found in pumpkins.  The handle, which resembles a "C" that slants toward the bottom of the cup, has a color that matches the flowers on the body of the cup.
   
   Some of the words used:
   height of a cell-phone - several words
   cell-phone - noun, if it's used as one word; although "cell" could be seen as an adjective if "cell phone" were used, in which case, the "cell" could be left out completely.
   holds - verb
   coffee - noun
   and - article
   has a - verb
   diameter -
   size - noun
   package/package of cigarettes - nouns
   flowers - noun
   on - preposition
   it - noun
   think - verb
   Chrysanthemums - noun
   They - pronoun
   painted - verb
   hand - noun
   color - noun
   matches - verb
   found - verb
   pumpkins - noun
   handle - noun
   resembles - verb
   "C" - noun
   slants - verb
   bottom - noun
   cup - noun
   color - noun
   matches - verb
   flowers - noun
   body - noun
   cup - noun
   
   (I obviously left out some prepositions, articles, etc., in the interest of time.)

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   oliviaxposted 13 years ago

   of course you can. i know this is so late, haha. but, you can. "This table is shiny." The table's surface shined in the sun as it emerged from the horizon

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