Description of a Place Essay

He describes this place as a “desolate area of land” displaying providing the imagery needed to develop the mood; the gloomy sensation that seeped through Nick’s body as he looked upon the valley for the first time (Fitzgerald 23). Nick continues to use vivid language to…

of rest of the paragraph and what to expect next. Similarly, in the negative description I start which, “Staring down from the balcony, the hideous view of the garden left me in disgust.” This statement is an image that the rest of the description would be an unpleasant one. Selection/omission of details The tool that I used next from the Writer’s Toolbox was “selection/omission of details.” In the positive description, I go on saying that “The color and the shades of the sky seemed to be a part…

Jackson´s realistic fiction story ¨ Charles ¨ takes place in Laurie's home. Laurie is a boy who goes to kindergarten for the first time. He meets a boy named Charles who is a quite a mischievous kid and gets himself into trouble. He enjoys disrespecting his teachers, acting aggressively towards his classmates, and being mean towards others. Ultimately, it becomes clear to everyone but Laurie’s mother that Charles is imaginary. The author uses description and a plot twist to present the fact…

cobras (Nag and Nagaina) "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a story that portrays in the simplest of terms the victory of good over bad. The current trend in children's fiction to create fantasy worlds to appeal to a child's imagination, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" takes place completely in a small garden populated by humanised birds, snakes, muskrats, and frogs. The classic has been adapted for the screen a numerous amount of times in several different forms over the years. The short story Ricki-Tikki-Tavi was…

only this, maps are wisely used in different places such as theme parks for way finding purposes. However, it is different to know how the readability, usability of those maps. “Maps are graphic representations that facilitate a spatial understanding of things, concepts, conditions, processes, or events in the human world” (Harley and Woodward 1987: xvi). A map is formed by two methods, spatial concept mapping and tabular data with textual descriptions. Spatial concept mapping is related to…

The characters in “The Dead” are not actually living at all, as one can see in the narrator’s descriptions of the events and traditions that are continuously brought up, and in how those and the characters are predictably and monotonously described. The first example of monotony is the mention of the dance, “It was always a great affair, the Misses Morkan’s annual dance,” (21). The description of the dance indicates that it has been going on for “Years and years” for “as long as anyone could…

on the emerald city. For example, he includes repetition to introduce the fact that the whole city was green. He also used elaborate description to make sure that the reader understood the picture he was trying to create. The most effective strategy that L. Frank Baum used was repetition. He used this strategy to convey that the city was otherworldly and amazing place. One example of where this strategy is used in the excerpt is “Dorothy and and her friends were at first dazzled by the…

narrativized by the author describing Siddhartha’s experience of being enlightened. However, the narration is limited because it is not Siddharta talking, so the description is not gaining a first person perspective. The need for enlightenment and nature complement each other because Siddhartha views nature as his path to Nirvana The descriptions in the passage are meant to show that since Siddhartha is now enlightened since he can view the beauty of the world that he once took for granted while…

Literary Analysis: Dante’s Inferno The first Canto in Dante’s Inferno, sets the whole poem in motion, giving us an immediate look into the vivid descriptions of Hell through the eyes of Dante the pilgrim. Not only do we ‘see’ that which is happening through his journey, but we also begin to feel Dante’s emotions as well; his hope in seeing the sunlight over the mountaintop and then his fear of the unknown- the beasts who block his path to hope and salvation. At the beginning of this poem,…

the land. Also, Sanders uses a lot of description within his writing to give support to his claim, for example “If we fish out a stream or wear out a field. or if the smoke a neighbor’s chimney begins to crowd the sky, why, off we go to a new stream, a fresh field, and clean sky.” where Sanders uses three different situations to thoroughly describe the same message. The use of description adds detail to what the author is trying to convey, description places emphasis on certain topics the author…