The term realism refers to
a. making things better than they actually are.
b. allowing the reader to draw his or her own conclusions.
c. describing things just as they are.
d. using as much descriptive language as possible.

The term realism refers to C - describing things just as they are.

Realism is a world view that many people apply in their lifes. The two other common world views are pessimism and optimism. One is a world view where one describes things much worse than they are and optimism as a wordl view where one describes things better than they are.