Example of a Descriptive Essay

explain why Jesus is fasting. The final character is Satan. Satan is portrayed as a very cunning person. Satan is very smooth in his attempts to try to get Jesus to sin. Satan tries to get Jesus to sin by using his human side against himself. For example when he tries to get Jesus to make bread out of rocks. This would be feeding his human side because Satan is trying to get Jesus to feed his temporary human body rather than his spiritual body. Many authors use symbolism to symbolize…

I want to start off by saying David Sedaris is a great writer and I love his story of “Picka Pocketoni”. His character as a person is amazing, he is funny and very descriptive in what he talks about. So not only am I getting a good laugh out of the story “Picka Pocketoni” but I’m also getting a clear image of what is going on throughout the story. In this description David is being insulted by a group of young teenagers that is criticizing where he lives, France, and is also being insulted by an…

One way he achieves his purpose is by using a strong sense of dictation. By using descriptive phrases such as, “In college, life is elsewhere,” and “Life is what celebrities have,” Edmundson paints a very descriptive picture of how students in college only live in “the future and not the present (Edmundson 20).” This achieves his purpose by describing the road to a well paying job is not always pleasurable…

words, we are be able to see a much more elaborate representation than just an ordinary farm scene. Williams’s placement of particular words, in this poem, is just as important as the words are themselves (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). An example of Williams’s word placement can be seen in the first line; it states “so much depends…” (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012, p. 563). This opens the poem up for interpretation and when speaking about a typical wheelbarrow, there would not be much…

following World War I is portrayed through the development of three different social classes: “Old money, new money, and no money”. By observing a character’s personality and style of life, the audience can see in which class he or she belongs in. For example, Tom and Daisy Buchanan belong to the “old money” class; consequently, they have fortunes that are passed down from generation to generation, have built up powerful and influential social connections, and are not ostentatious with their…

Before I came to college, writing was one of the things I never wanted to do at all. I never liked it whenever my teacher tells me to write an essay. I thought I would always hate to write, but when I got better at it, I started to get into writing allot more. Once I stepped into college that 's when things gotten a little more serious. I had two writing classes this semester. During my time in class, I have begun to grow and learn more than I thought was even possible. Throughout this semester…

voices her views on the lack of equality in our society in her book, Inclusion and Democracy. Young asks us to rethink the idea of a descriptive democracy, which is where elected representative in democracies should represent not only the expressed preferences of their constituents. In a descriptive democracy, representatives should also represent the descriptive characteristics that are politically relevant like occupation, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. Not all groups of people in our…

Examples of the specific figurative language utilization in this poem include “Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;” (line 2), and “If snow be white, then why her breasts are dun;” (line 3). It cannot go unnoticed that these two comparisons are unconventional…

nation are. Descriptive details help Barnwell visually portray what he is trying to say through words on paper. His use of imagery is effective in that he really allows the readers to visualize what his classroom is like. Barnwell then carries on by saying he gave his students an assignment to help them gain conversational skills, and yet they still “reached for their phones—an automatic impulse and the last thing they should be doing” (Barnwell). As he continues with his real life example, he…

area of memory representations language determines, at least to some extent, what descriptive words we choose to associate with what nouns. If our language emphasizes material over shape, then we might describe a tree as made of wood rather than tall. Moreover, language structure and competency seems to have a substantial impact on cognitive development in children and adolescents (Sevinc & Turner, 1976). For example, similarities in language…