Example of Descriptive Essay

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    As writers, Obama and Jeter both explain the strategies they use to convey their experience, challenges and goals. The strategy Jeter use is questioning to ask the reader what they really what to do with their lives.Questioning”What would you love to do? What are you good at? What would you like to do for the rest of your life?”(Jeter,61). Other strategies he uses is colloquial language. Jeter uses colloquial language to introduce two central ideas, goals, and dreams specifically: the…

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    Another example of his usage of imagery is when he says, “to beat them with sticks, to flay their flesh with the lash…” And by using these descriptive adjectives, we are able to paint a horrifyingly vivid image in our minds with regards to the cruelties that slaves endured. Along with using antitheses, enthymemes, and vivid imagery, Douglass also incorporates the technique of using metaphors in his oration. An example of this is when he says, “There is not a man…

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    The first is a descriptive method which deals with frequency claims which better allow for the isolation of single variables within studies (lecture, 09/01/2015). In this instance self-reporting surveys on racial identity conflict would be insightful as to how it can affect…

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    secondary principals’ predictors that revealed their support on inclusion and how they can suggest 2. Did the abstract accurately (in full, part, or not all) reflect the research and conclusions contained within the dissertation? Identify three examples…

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    through her essay, “We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Tale”, with a purpose to educate people based on her experiences at the abortion clinic. In the essay, she addresses abortion from the helplessness of her patients and from the process itself. For example, she shows the desperation in her clients through her anecdotes. Specifically, she writes, “I talk to a sixteen-year old uneducated girl who was raped. She has gonorrhea” (Tisdale 2). This shows that not everyone receives an abortion because…

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    Discussion Forum Unit 2 What do you think "good" is? List some examples of goodness? Before embarking on this controversial descriptive word “good”, let me first of all look the meaning from dictionaries with respect to morality and ethics. the doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute. Meridian Wester Dictionary: “virtuous, right, commendable”- ex. A good person Oxford Dictionary: “Possessing or displaying…

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    1. Two ways to establish the reliability of a test are test-retest and parallel-forms. Test-retest establishes reliability by having participants retake the same test at different points of time (Salkind, 2012). For example, a 3rd grade English class takes a Fry Words test at the beginning of the school year and retakes the same test at the end of the school year. Test-retest yields the best results when a researcher considers both the length of time between each test and how they intend to use…

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    cares about on planet Venues. The theme for this story is that jealousy is causing people making wrong dedications, and this is shown when they lock her in the closet, tell her the sun is not going to show up, and leaving her alone. One of the good example for jealousy makes people making wrong choices, is when William and other children tells her the sun is not showing up. The original quote from the story is: ‘ "Nothing !" he cried. "It was all a joke, wasn’t it?" He turned to the other…

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    create a image of the tiger at his best, and the power and fear the tiger creates. Yann Martel’s similes are better than the other two texts for the reason that there are more than the other two texts have and also because he used very descriptive words. For example, “Each of his claws was as sharp as a knife.” (pg. 108), “...The result was a face that looked like the wings of a butterfly and bore an expression vaguely old and chinese...The yellow canine thus coyly revealed was as long as my…

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    concentrate mainly on hypotheses testing procedures. Publication by McGuire of 1983 indicates that creative hypothesis-generating aspects of research on both strategic and tactical levels can be taught. McGuire’s article of 1973 – “Yin and Yang”, gave some examples of hypothesis-generating techniques that can be described and taught. McGuire groups hypothesis-generating techniques into five categories, each with subcategory. Category I includes nine observational heuristics that require…

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