What are two descriptive techniques you use when telling a story and why would viewers/listeners like your use of these techniques?

When you are reporting a news story, you want to be as clear and descriptive as possible.  This is important because not only to you want to present the most important information; you want to do it in a way that makes sense to your listeners.

One good way of doing this is using proper comparisons to relate the information to.  An example would be comparing a heated argument between two high profile politicians to a heavy-weight bout between Ali and Frazier.  This puts an image in the listener’s head that helps portray the magnitude of the concept.  It is an easy way to get through to your audience.

Another good technique is one that helps turn a more boring story more exciting.  By cleverly inserting certain adjectives into different parts of the story, it makes it much more exciting to read.

You can use words like melee to describe a fight or monsoon to describe a heavy rain storm. What this does is gives the story a little more life and makes it more appealing to listeners.