Example of a Descriptive Essay

Falls of Maryland is an explanation of the Billy Goat Trail. This explanation was written by the National Park Service, but it does not specify what specific individual wrote it. There are five parts of this explanation. The first is a brief but descriptive summary of each of the three parts of the Billy Goat Trail. The second part talks about Bear Island which is a small area near the Billy Goat Trail that is preserved by the National Park Service. The third part of the explanation is Safety…

Statistics Robert Chipman BUS308: Statistics for Managers Instructor Edward Kaplan September 25, 2015 Descriptive statistics I can describe the data with the help of descriptive statistics. The data can be described with the help of various types of graphs and central tendency. Measures of central tendency are mean, median and mode. Mean is reliable for normal data. Median is reliable for a data which has outliers. And mode is preferred when data is categorical. There are various…

programs. If we have an emotional connection with someone, we will be more receptive to their message or communication delivered by them rather than with a person we do not relate to or we do not have any connection with. For Example, we generally tend to take advice…

She provides a striking contrast from her beloved endearing hometown to the more discriminative unwelcoming new town. She further brings us into this new memory describing the actions of a general populous to her. She uses descriptive diction with phrases like “lowdown dirty deal,” “sharpening my oyster knife,” and “ brown specter.” She changes tones closing in on a memory in a Jazz club called “The New World Cabaret” where she relies heavily on imagery, “great blobs or purple…

by Nathan Wolfe, director of Global Viral, are naturally applicable to one of Richard Preston’s most famous novels. In The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, the author uses a variety of literary devices to create an atmosphere that is horrifyingly descriptive, but at times simply immersive. Preston is clearly apt at using imagery and similes so that the reader is forced to visualize a particularly gory and disturbing scene. The scene in which Doctor Musoke, a popular medical practitioner at Nairobi…

Mark Twain was a writer who used his descriptive power to write wonderful and remarkable stories. Many of which are cherished and read decades later. One of these stories is “The adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. This story is one shrouded in controversy while regarded as too graphic for young kids. Mr. Twain 's writing contained examples of how life was back then. Going so far as referring to colored folks as 'Niggers '. The book showed a good example of society during this time. Like many…

American Authors whose focuses were Environmental writing and/or nature based writings. Among these authors, there are some very common themes. First, nearly all the authors tend to write in a very descriptive style which tends to make the writings not only stronger, but more visual as well. Descriptive writing also allows the readers to connect with the writer’s pieces, almost as if the readers were standing there beside the other author, observing the same scenario and the scene. In…

minimalistic approach. It provides a directed view of the MBA programs with specialization with mostly internal organizational citations and articles. It only provides five (5) tips for selecting a degree concentration at a high level without any specific examples or substantiation for those tips. Also while the qualitative nature of the…

One of the primary goals that social psychologists have always worked towards is understanding the process of social influence. More specifically, how one individual can influence the attitudes, behaviors, and thoughts of another individual. This goal has been continuously researched for many years, and multiple social psychologists have developed theories that explain how individuals motivate, influence, and alter other individuals’ behaviors, attitudes, and thoughts. Although numerous…

They are needed in order to fulfill people’s desire of free speech and thought. There are a number of reasons that I would recommend Fahrenheit 451 for an English class. For example, as discussed above, Bradbury’s use of descriptive sentences and metaphors are good examples of how to keep a reader engaged in the book. The themes that Bradbury brings up, like freedom of speech, are an important topic to talk about with students. Overall Bradbury gives students a lot of different…