Example of a Descriptive Essay

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    The descriptive style of writing used in Joy Horowitz’s Parkinson’s Alley helps connect the reader to the individuals, their struggles and the problem that is threatening livelihoods in Visalia, California. Without the description embedded in this article, it could be very easy for the readers to get lost or lose interest. A tie is created after you learn a thing or two about “A big, friendly bear of a man” (Horowitz) who has been ultimately screwed over by his government when they decide to do…

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    Through the use of descriptive language, Frederick Douglass explains the cruelty and harsh conditions slaves faced at various points in their live. He gives detailed accounts of different scenes that he experienced or witnessed during his life as a slave. By the end of these introductory chapters, the reader has a good visual of the daily struggles of a slave, what they were punished for and how they were punished. From Douglass’ use of descriptive language, the audience witnesses a few cases of…

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    influence of injunctive and descriptive group norms may depend on what age group you belong to. Self-objectification is a form of self perception in which one sees themselves as having the properties of an object and regards themselves from a third-person perspective (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997). This is problematic for women for numerous reasons, ranging from increased likelihood of eating disorders (Noll & Fredrickson, 1998) and depression (Jones & Griffiths,…

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    The essay, “Consider the Lobster”, written by David Foster Wallace is about him visiting the Maine Lobster Festival. He believes that the festival is more than about the food and entertainment. First, he goes into very specific details explaining the lobster. He stated, “Lobsters are both hunters and scavengers”, (page 2). I believe that the main purpose of the article is to tell people to look at reality and consider the lobster on what they have to go through to be cooked and eating. He…

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    To show show character development throughout the story “The Alligators” Author John Updike uses symbolism, descriptive language, and dialogue. The story begins when a beautiful young girl, named Joan joins their school and everyone is cruel to her, at first. Then around the middle of the story Charlie thinks he’s fallen in love with her, because of a dream he has, and so he tells everyone and tries to talk to Joan. However at the end of the story everyone becomes nicer Joan and it’s revealed…

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    As households execute decisions under uncertainty, understanding descriptive and normative analyses of financial decisions may lead to improved choices. Normative theories of rational choice address the decisions anticipated by rational agents. This theory assumes that agents have stable preferences and engage in maximizing behavior. Descriptive theories try to characterize the actual choices implemented; recognizing that agents display biases in their economic decision-making and use heuristics…

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    Do you like stories with suspense and make your hair stick up on the back of your neck? In Roald Dahl’s story the “Landlady,” He puts suspense in his story by using descriptive words. He uses keywords and phrases as clues to describe how the story is suspenseful. It also shows you what the landlady is instead of a sweet lady. In addition it shows how Billy Weavers got led into believing that the landlady is innocent and wouldn’t do anything to harm anyone. The keywords and…

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    experiences when writing a narrative type story. The author may also write an informative type story that does not include themselves. A author may write a expository type story that doesn’t include them self, it is an explanatory style story. A descriptive style of story or essay writing is usually used in the news media(,) and the author never speaks of themselves in such style of stories. Persuasive style writing is used a lot of times in advertisement in which most cases the authors own…

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    moves such as symbolism. similes, and descriptive language, to show what the story is about. Liliana Heker uses authors craft to show many aspects of the story. She uses authors craft in many ways. Next a counter claim such as Liliana Heker only uses one craft move. More evidence is shown in paragraph four, of how Liliana Heker uses more than one craft move. In The Stolen Party Liliana Heker focused on multiple craft moves such as symbolism, similes, and descriptive language. There are many…

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    While reading London’s two stories he portrayed an exceedingly vivid writing style. A very well executed example of this would be how London constantly used long and descriptive sentences in his story letting his vivid writing style shine through. An example of this in his story “Love Of Life” would be, “Near the horizon the sun was smoldering dimly, almost obscured by formless mists and vapors, which gave an impression of mass and density without outline of tangibility” is right in the…

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