How to Write a Descriptive Essay

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 2 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Many children enjoy reading. Eudora Wetly shares her experiences as a little girl and how they impacted her craft as a writer in the autobiography, “One Writer’s Beginnings.” She conveys the intensity and values of these experiences by using descriptive language. Welty begins by describing the librarian she had as a little girl. She uses words like “her dragon eye” and “commanding voice.” Welty describes her librarian as an angry and serious individual. Welty also states that her librarian…

    • 455 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Historical Fiction Thriller “The Things They Carried” he writes about the consequences of love and how it affects everyone around you.The experiences of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross in Vietnam exemplified this notion, as his love for a distant lover 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…

    • 748 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    symbolism and descriptive language to show how important the sun is to the kids. Symbolism can help readers know what the author is talking about is important. In the short story it shows that in the class the students write about the sun in poems. Another possible counter claim could be about how Ray bradbury uses repetition to show how the rain is bad to the kids. Another way to show how the sun is important in the story is by using descriptive language. Symbolism can show how important…

    • 467 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    straightforward descriptive text 1. What is the title of this text ? My beautiful dog 2. Summarize the main topic of the first paragraph. She describe her dog how sweet and cute and lovely , describe her dog like a little kitten when he puppy , and the dog size , colour of body and his eyes. 3. Summarize the main topic of the second paragraph. She introduce his name and describe he like a wolf because he is Siberian husky and wails like wolf. 4. Summarize the main topic of the descriptive text.…

    • 1377 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Munoz IV 6/29/16 Per 2 Style Analysis Essay Ray Bradbury’s tone throughout the book was very subtle, plain, nothing too crazy. He doesn’t have an outrageous style when it comes to the tone part of his writing, it’s just very serious in terms of how the situation is. In some ways, you could say it’s very dark, because the main character, Montag, is very sad in some of the stories plot. I guess that’s why not too many teenagers enjoy the book because the tone isn’t very enjoyable.…

    • 574 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    One Writer’s Beginnings Essay In the excerpt of One Writer’s Beginnings, Eudora Welty’s descriptive language helps her convey the intensity and value of her experiences with reading and writing. Welty uses many descriptive words, such as when she mentions Mrs. Calloway’s “dragon eye.” Her use of the word dragon causes the reader to imagine a very watchful and interrogative eye. This must have been how Welty felt whenever she came into the library. Welty also used the word strong to describe Mrs.…

    • 417 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    looks, just like humans and we put them in a text and can’t help pretending that they exist. In the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the author uses descriptive writing and figurative language to develop the characters. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe that uses descriptive writing to develop the characters in a way to make the story interesting. One example is, “Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up…

    • 618 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    But some authors work at home,where they can have there own time to think and research. But most at home authors have other jobs while they try to get their books published. They might not have a steady paycheck, but authors that have a company they write for have to work with time limits. You also have to have really good skills such as: creativity, critical thinking skills, writing skills, and english skills. Also the very first book was created in the eighteenth century B.C, in sumeria on…

    • 711 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    elementary school, his mother, an aspiring school teacher, would sit him down and tell him to read and write for two hours every day. His mother wanted to make sure he had a strong reading and comprehending level at a young age. She knew it was imperative to have knowledge built on a strong foundation. This continued until Mr. Watkins attended Hickory Ridge Middle School in Memphis, TN where he started to write on his own for pleasure. During middle school, his emotions were at their…

    • 1443 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    began with this writing class because I aspire to work in advocacy.I have to be able to write reports and data out in a basic and factual manner. As you progress through the class, you will learn how to stick to the basic facts in the reference to the type of document, you can begin to see your own speaking patterns and how you approach your topic at hand. It has been challenging to learn how to be less descriptive and to stick to the fact with few adjectives and zero personal biases as…

    • 285 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50