Example of Descriptive Essay About a Place

Andy Mulligan is a well-known writer who has written 7 books. His second novel, Trash is a first person narrative book about life in a dumpsite for a 14-year-old child, Raphael Fernandez and his friends, Gardo and Jun-Jun. Mulligan gives a descriptive image of life in and around the dumpsite. Trash revolves around a very strong story and is authored by using first person narratives that give us an emotional perspective in to the lives of the character’s everyday life. The story starts with…

and he exhibited very little enthusiasm when reading his piece back to me. He mumbled and didn’t seem very confident with what was written. He did add words to make it sound like complete sentences, for example on the 4th line he said, “you can get” and on the 5th line said, “you can go to weird places.” I thanked him for working hard on his writing and said I learned…

this poem, which is “the place where the sidewalk ends” is a metaphor of the imagination. The first reason the place at the end of the sidewalk is a metaphor of the imagination is that poem provides…

1.3: Indicate whether each of the studies described below is a descriptive or experimental study, and what could be learned from these. An experimental study describes a situation in which a procedure — or experiment — is purposely introduced to a situation to determine the outcome (Nedha). Whereas a descriptive study describes a natural situation which is studied for observation without any interference (Nedha). If Instructors were to give three groups of children different types of computer…

In Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko uses sensory descriptions to place the reader in better understanding of the story. Silko demonstrates all types of descriptive writing to appeal to taste, smell, sight, touch, and sound. Even for the smallest of events, she has showcased many exceptional examples and descriptions for the reader to sink into. Her use of adjectives and sentence structure to carry the tone of the situations, as well with her excessive use of describing the various senses, make a…

stepdaughter of Emhoff from becoming infected as she wore a mask in public and did not make physical contact with others infected (Soderbergh et al., 2012). One noteworthy moment in the movie was when the nurses went on strike until protocols were in place as they were advocating for their safety (Soderbergh et al., 2012). It 's hard to determine the level of success these preventative measures had, as the highest level of prevention was the vaccine that was developed by Dr. Hextall…

them to a good paying job. His purpose of this article is convey to students that college is the place discover who they are and that they should aspire to become what they genuinely want to…

Joseph Conard. F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes many writing techniques to create his own unique writing style and to draw the reader in. To convey his message, he used diction, syntax and smilies. He also used diction to describe many characters and places in his novels. Mental illness and marital issues are focused…

Brianna Carlson Miss Windish Creative Writing 9 September 2017 It’s Hard to be a Good Person. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O'Connor it’s very easy to imagine the story taking place. O’Connor paints the picture with descriptive dialog, but allows the reader to paint it. She tells us broad descriptions of the scenery and the characters, allowing the reader to imagine something or someone to fit the story. In a way she creates ambiguous characters like that. By not describing each…

elementary descriptive language, like as "the first talus slides under the tall escarpments," creates a casing for the less corporeal aspects of the character. Even conceptual suppositions like the relation of a pendent sheet to the rituals of an occult sect are used to set up a convincing setting. Aside from this central scene setting, McCarthy provides details that suggest at the character's past experiences and modern state to further humanize this character. One evidently stark example of…