How to Write a Descriptive Essay

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    Research Paper It is incredible how people describe with such detail what the brain sees. Each person has there own way of explaining or representing what they see, with little or a lot of detail and examples. There are people that have a certain connection with nature and how it affects them. William Wordsworth is an example of a person who wrote about nature, regarding how he sees it and how it affects him personally. Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet, of which whom started the Romantic…

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    fluency I could have done much better. Those two sections with my writing were the weakest in this essay. I think if I thought about a better way to make my transitions into paragraphs my grade would have improved. When I revise my the papers I write i try to provide a ton of thought. I start with reading the essay over again and try my best to figure out what I could do better. The things I revise the most would be my word choice and try to use more imagerie. I also go to my friends or other…

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    was kind and comforting to those who were unhappy. She never complained. She always had time to listen to other people 's complains.” The author could have easily combined these simple sentences into a longer, more complex one, but her decision to write this way, in combination with the lack of description, gave the story a choppier, more blunt, more emotionless tone that was appropriate for the setting and the…

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    the plot. Huxley sets a dramatic tone to Brave New World. He writes, (2) “Cold for all the summer beyond the panes, for all the tropical heat of the room itself, a harsh thin light glared through the windows, hungrily seeking some draped lay figure, some pallid shape of academic goose-flesh, but finding only the glass and nickel and bleakly shining porcelain of a laboratory” (15; ch. 1). In this quotation, Huxley paints a very descriptive picture of the laboratory. Additionally, Huxley uses a…

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    Throughout my life, the English language has been a huge part of my life. I believe leaning to read and write are very important in today 's society, so I am very grateful to have had resources to be able to do so. I remember when my mom used to take me to the library. I was not in school yet, but my mom tried her best to make sure I could read at a certain level. We would take turns reading each page. When we finished reading the book, she would ask me what the book was about to make sure I…

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    One sensory detail can be found on page 224, paragraph 11, when the author states, ¨The pines whistled.¨ This simple, yet effective, example of a sensory detail added to the writers writing by creating a more descriptive understanding of the wind and how powerful the wind was. Another example of a sensory detail can be found on page 224, paragraph eight, it states, ¨The fawn came to Jody's bed and poked its muzzle against his face.” The boy could feel the nose of the deer against…

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    primary conflict I see in my book is that Samuel’s parents were captured by the British and he is trying to find and save them. Along the way, he takes in Annie- who’s parent were bayoneted and killed by the Hessians- who becomes attached to Samuel.] 4. How did…

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    Many authors who write literature seem to put their feelings and emotions from their life into their art. Authors such as Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, and Franz Kafka put their own emotions and even occurrences from their life into their literature. This shows how their view affects the way they write their stories as well as how in depth they go, giving the literature much more interesting and pursuing a greater experience for the reader. Emily Dickinson inserts an abundance of her emotions…

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    comprehension • Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. • Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. • Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events. Kid Friendly Objectives: The students should be able to: • Introduce a topic in an understandable way. • Write…

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    Although the poem is very descriptive, the ending of the poem is inconclusive and is left up to the reader to decide, which evokes curiosity. We know that the woman left hurriedly; however, we know nothing of what happened to the man and his child. No one would expect this failure and…

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