Example of a Descriptive Essay

will also apply the ideas presented by Cialdini into a real life situation. In Cialdini’s piece, he uses two important real life examples of how public service announcements have proven either successful or proven to have conflicting messages that compete with one another, rendering the overall goal ineffective. As Cialdini writes, there are two types of norms: descriptive norms, which are social norms that are the most commonly acted on and injunctive norms, which are typically approved or…

1.Describe the characteristics of your specimens that could be use used for descriptive science or hypothesis testing. An ant has been examined under the microscope and it has been found that this type of ants has the main parts the head, thorax, and abdomen. All six legs is branches from the thorax part. Ants usually classified depending on the number of nodes, the part that connects the thorax to the abdomen, there is one-node ants and two-node ants. The body of the ant is mostly empty and (…

lead to the death of a soldier. However, it is how O'Brien expresses there consequences of love is what really pushes this narrative. As a result, Tim O’Brien uses colloquial speech, military acronyms and descriptive lists to convey a sympathetic time towards the soldiers featured in his…

Anaphora is a repetition of a word or phrase in the beginning of a sentence. They add emphasis and get straight to the point to show exactly what the author is talking about. The main examples of anaphoras in this article are two one sentence paragraphs; “And still they went in” and “And still they went up” (Burke). These anaphoras emphasize how the firemen and first responders still went into the tower and still went up despite the danger…

senator. The writer effectively uses her critical literacy skills to understand the audience’s need for informal or formal writing, and use descriptive language to fit the social codes required for each audience. In order to communicate effectively, the writer efficiently shifts social codes in order to interact in the best possible way to one’s audience. For example, when talking to a friend, the writer uses an overly dramatic word choice (MAJOR LIFE-THREATENING CRISIS!!!) for her subject…

for” representation, means a descriptive or symbolic representative that stands for someone or something. In descriptive representation there is the idea of representing a group of people and governing for them, two very different theories. Representing descriptively means to proportionally and characteristically represent the population they stand for, and to govern, means to make decisions and create legislature for the people they represent. In the U.S, descriptive representation is somewhat,…

The four types of quantitative research are: descriptive, correlational, quasi-experimental and experimental. The key to understanding each is the level or degree of control involved in the study and its component. Groves, Gray & Burns (2015) define control as the imposing of rules to decrease the possibility of error, increasing the probability a study’s findings, which reveal an accurate reflection of reality. Groves, Gray and Burns (2015) went on to discuss the rules known as design, to…

emotions, whether it's good or not. In the book The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, the author uses various techniques to help develop the emotions in the story. The author uses metaphors, symbolism and descriptive language to show emotions and thinking of the characters. The author uses descriptive language to helps develop the emotion of the characters. The description “They both turned their little black eyes towards me - bulging with demonic delight-and clawed hysterically at the bars…

Students are engaged in a scientific investigation of tri-colored (Indian) corn and the effects of soaking it in water. The students began the investigation recording observations regarding the dried corn. Subsequetly, the students made predictions regarding the effect of soaking the dried corn in water. The dried corn was placed in water. Students will record their observations every five days. Students are encouraged to differentiate their observations from personal observations regarding how…

condemn humankind constantly seeking perfection, using both foreshadowing and descriptive writing, that perfection is unattainable, and obsessing over achieving it can lead to one’s own fatal flaw, even in today’s day in age. Hawthorne specifically uses Moral Criticism, while telling the story of a…