Example of a Descriptive Essay

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    prescribes actions, it is distinct from psychological egoism (discussed in the previous selection by Joel Feinberg), which is a descriptive claim about the nature of people's motivations.Rachels provides several arguments both for and against ethical egoism. The first argument for ethical egoism is that we actually harm other people by looking out for their interests. For example, we may misinterpret their interests and bungle attempts at help, or we may…

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    recruiting? Why isn’t Google more concerned about attracting more senior and experienced personnel? Google may be able to justify spending so much money on recruitment and retention because the competition for talent is extremely competitive. For example, the law of diffusion of innovation dictates that 80% of a company’s profits are generated by products designed in the last four years (Indiana University, n.d.). There can be no long term financial stability within an organization unless it…

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    either slim or slender could be used when the speaker would like to utter some compliments and using thin if the speaker would like to be neutral (Edmonds and Hirst, 2002, p. 110). Furthermore, expressive variations also list emotive as one of the example. Edmonds and Hirst (2002) explains that emotive is an indirect expression by the speaker, such as from the figure above, between daddy and dad or father. The expression daddy implies a greater fondness rather than dad or father (p. 110). d.…

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    slips of the tongue, puns and dreams, analogies, metaphors, anecdotes. Freud breaks down the unconscious into three types: the descriptive, the dynamic, and the systematic. Using Freud’s three types of the unconscious, the id, ego and superego, and the Oedipus Complex Walt Disney Pictures movie Tangled will be analyzed. The first type of the unconscious, the descriptive unconscious…

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    more than others are simile, metaphor and imagery. These devices provide a thorough and very descriptive explanation to the poem. Simile is used in the…

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    For example, Wiesel explains that his fellow captives would, “walk in the middle of the roads, the vagabonds. They are on their way to the station, and they will never return. In sealed cars, without air or food, the travel towards another world. They guess where…

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    In my descriptive narrative, argumentative, and literary analysis essays there were numerous instances that the expository strategies were noticeable. The most common types of strategies discovered were development by example , development of division and classification and lastly casual analysis. In my descriptive narrative the most common expository strategy is development by example. In my descriptive narrative I was explaining a personal experience that initially led to a broad…

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    orchards burthened with ruddy fruit” (Irving 16). One can understand the vast fertile land available to Americans as they travel in search of new opportunities. One can imagine unharmed rolling hills and fields ripe for plowing. By using these descriptive words, the author encourages the reader to visualize and understand why the setting of “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is significant to the story. He urges us to ponder over the various uses of imagery. Additionally, Irving develops the scene of…

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    Analysis BASE-6 Analysis Jacobson-Truax Classifications. The first step in analysis was to classify each participant according to the Jacobson-Truax framework. Descriptive statistics resulting from this process can be seen in Table 5. According to this framework, the majority of clients either recovered or did not significantly change. Those in the improved class began on average with the highest score (representing most severe symptoms) but also improved the most on average, even slightly more…

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    the Wiser and the book. All of these elements of fiction make this book extremely detailed and descriptive. Without these elements Touching Spirit Bear would not be a solid story with a good plot. Symbolism is one of the elements of fiction that Words of the Wiser portrays. In more than half of the Words of the Wiser examples, Edwin and Garvey use symbolism to teach Cole a life lesson. For example, in Touching Spirit Bear: “It was a sharing and a celebration. All because that is what I made…

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