Example of a Descriptive Essay

There are many types of essays that at some point almost everyone has written. Some of the essays include a narrative, a descriptive, a persuasive, and expository. “Those are the four major types of essays” (Time for Writing), and they are also the ones I will be talking about in this essay. There are more like a cause and effect, a comparison, or also a research essay. It is a good thing to know the differences between essays, so one doesn’t write a persuasive when told to write a narrative…

which you use very descriptive words to describe something, such as a metaphor, simile, or personification. For example,“ Who’s eyes are are string and who throws coins like rain.” There are other examples in “Abuelito Who” which has many examples of figurative language in it. In “Abuelito Who” “his eyes are string” is a metaphor because it used the word is. Another example is “he throws coins like rain” which is a simile because it uses the word like or as. The last example is “ who is…

honorable service man deserve to be recognized for their efforts they displayed on 9/11. To bring across the message writing styles such as descriptive sentences, diction, pathos, and ethos are used. Initially, descriptive sentences were used to develop Burke’s piece. Descriptive sentences include immense detail to help develop the piece. One example of descriptive is “Now injured and bloodied, the four office workers climbed out from beneath the debris”. This excerpt displays descriptiveness…

The article “Beyond the Glass” by Daniel C. Weaver, describes everyday life of a pathologists. In this article, Dr. Weaver diagnoses a patient with hemochromatosis, which is a liver disease caused by the excess buildup of an iron. He also explains the thought process of identifying a disease, and the experiment that goes along with it. Dr. Weaver’s comparison of his own life as a pathologist to that of detective, helps reader understand his role, which makes this story more powerful. “A slide…

craft an extremely well thought-out argument for what causes the awful environments of the slum areas. He uses several descriptive words for easier understanding of readers, and as well as strong words in order to emphasize his claims. Moreover, the author mentions three similar but different examples to strengthen his opinions. The author begins the passage by using various descriptive words or phrases such as rough, potholed, and the highest crime rate, to introduce the topic and describe the…

imitation, that is essentially a missing passage after the first ending of the second page, and the original, named “We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families” by Philip Gourevitch. Such similarities include the use of descriptive language, reflections/analysis, some similarity in sentence structure, and similar themes and ideas also prevalent in the original. Additionally, some parts in my imitation were more direct, which is comparable to Philip's essay. As for…

Whether consciously or unconsciously, people utilize ethics in their every day basis. We often struggle to determine whether a situation is right or wrong. We judge people’s actions and different situations using standards or codes we take as right or wrong. More often than we debate our moral standards with those who hold different ones. In fact, society is full of these controversial situations as we can see in magazines, news, and books There is nothing wrong with debating, but the problem…

Tally was going through. For example, “They were all dressed in formals, raw silks in black and gray, and their faces had the same cold, hawkish look.” Here the specials were being described, which lead to the reader imagining the specials are scary and hawk like. Another example, “ Her voice had the same slow, neutral cadence as a bedtime book. But it hardly made Tally sleepy. An edge was hidden in the voice, like a piece of metal slowly marking glass.” In this example, the author is using…

books, causing the reader to experience the way Bardugo would have said it if she were to stand right next to them. A example to show this is from Bardugo’s book , Shadow and bone, “ I’m not Grisha. I’m a mapmaker. I’m not even a very good mapmaker”(53). In this piece of evidence Alina, the…

use prescriptive rules simply because we suppose to speak a language in that way. However, other scientists like Steven Pinker, think we should use the “descriptive” rules. According to Steven Pinker (1994), descriptive rules “describing how people do talk” (p.1). After reading the article, I agree with Steven’s point that we should use “descriptive” rules, because we cannot build the “prescriptive” rules without other fundamental rules. Also, what is “correct English”? Who tells us so? Even…