Example of Descriptive Essay

Instead the narration uses other types of rhetorical devices that work in much the same way as a simile. She writes, “For miles upon miles, grain bins pockmarked the landscape, some as wide as sheds, others stadium-large.” This sentence is highly descriptive. She uses a common adjective, “pockmarked” as a verb, which makes the sentence much more active. She uses a simple comparison when she says that the bins were as wide as sheds. But then then shortens this comparative at the end of the…

An example of realism in "Love of Life" is when then men were hiking in the Yukon. They had a very good and real reason to be hiking, they were looking for gold. This was during the Alaskan gold rush in the 1890s. Jack London also used regionalism in his writings;…

As a writer I encounter a lot of challenges, with writing I am able to identify my strength and weakness. The strengths I identify within myself are organizing my papers, to think as I write and picture things, also use examples or quotes to bring out a point. My weaknesses are vocabulary, putting paragraphs or sentences in the right order and doing proper sentence construction. Based on the feedback I have receive over the past years about my writing, the areas I identify that I need to work on…

field trip as the students will be able to use what they observe in the zoo to describe the different animals. I as the teacher can ask the students to write a paper about the different animals they saw at the zoo. I can ask the students to use descriptive words to explain how the animal looked like. Another TEKS that I can use will be, 1.20Ai: students are expected to use this following part of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking verbs (past, present, and future. I can use…

complex themes of human suffering, time and change and the transience of existence are used in both texts to encapsulate life. Winton presents these ideas in ‘The turning’ through vague language, contrasting and chapters. Conversely, Süskind uses descriptive language, foreshadowing and chapters to present similar ideas. In the texts ‘Perfume’ and ‘The turning’, Winton and Süskind present human suffering through…

The first sentence paragraph can be an effective tool that can illustrated the core message of the essay. The purpose of beginning paragraph is illustrate the core message of the topic; its either informative, descriptive or narrator. Once the purpose has been set, next the author must illustrate to audience the thesis/theme; which is usual done with a sentence or two. In this article the author decide to use a one-sentence to paragraph as both the introduction and as the thesis/theme. The…

film. The structure of the film can be split up into sections. Such sections can be found by marking turning points within a films plot. A prime example of a turning point would be when in the film, The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005), Andy, an introverted character, begins to become accepted in to a group of his co-workers, and eventually part of it. Other examples of turning points would be when a film moves from one topic to another,…

In Lady Lazarus quite a few literary devices are used. One of the devices used, that stood out to me was imagery. Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language. Throughout the poem, Plath used imagery to set the tone of the poem and to make the meaning of the poem stronger. I believe she wanted the tone of the poem to be glum, and depressing and there are many instances in where she uses imagery to get that point across. I think the meaning of the poem is that it is about death or…

Language Shifts in an Academic Article and Tweets Edward Finegan’s article, “What’s right or wrong about language, and who decides?” It is an academic article. Finegan explains that 1.what is “correct” Language, 2.Descriptive vs. Prescriptive Grammar, 3.Who’s Right? In re-writting the whole thing of Finegan’s article as some Tweets, I try my best to make it shorter and more informal. They have a lot different, like language choices, organization and formatting. In the original article, Finegan…

O Henry, Mark Twain, and John Steinbeck helped them withstand the test of time and create classic literature because O.Henry has a very unique writing style. He used word craft, or the use of vocabulary, figures of speech, descriptive language, and clever wording. For example, "Ransom of the Red Chief" is about two men who kidnap the son of a mortgage fancier in order that they get ransom money. On the first morning with the boy, Sam looks at the landscape and thinks, "Over toward Summit I…