Descriptive Essay

The most influential reading we read was “The Last Stop.” While reading that story I got a clear understanding of how to write in a very descriptive way. When he described the funeral home director Mr Deaver . It helped me to understand what I should explain when I described Mrs Slama. I learned to be specific and very detailed. Another thing I also learned and noticed from the reading what his description of the funeral home itself. In the beginning of the reading he talks about walking up to the mortuary and it reminding him of a church and also an apartment complex. When writing my profile I tried to be a descriptive as possible. I talked about what I saw when I walked into the school and the colors I noticed on the walls of the hallways.

These essays show me how much I lack when it comes to descriptive writing. I often use simple vague words to get my point across quicker rather than taking the time to write about the details about the situation or the people or whatever I may be writing about.

A beginning would be when the narrator is taken to a beauty school by her mother, she is given a haircut and states: “Instead of getting big fat curls, I emerged with an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz.” The author uses words such as “Big fat curls” and “Even mass of crinkly black fuzz” to let the reader visualize the look of the girl. This is an example of descriptive words. Another addition of descriptive words is when the mother and daughter see a girl on television. The narrator states “The girl had the sauciness of a Shirley Temple. She was proudly modest, like a proper Chinese Child”. The words such as ”sauciness” and ”modest” describe how the girl on the television seemed to look and act like. The descriptive words help the reader understand what the narrator saw in this girl. It gave off an ashamed mood from the narrator, since she herself could not satisfy her mother so easily. A concluding example would be during the fight between the mother and daughter. She explains how she reacted by announcing “I was sobbing by now, looking at her bitterly.“ The mood expressed by her bitter words set off a defensive mood, showing how she was in tears and sobbing throughout the argument. This helps the reader get a visual of how she looked like. The descriptive words throughout the story provided by Amy Tan helps shape the mood of “Two kinds“ by using.

Traveling is one of my family’s favorite things to do. The family has visited numerous places throughout the United States, however, none are as memorable as Atlanta, Georgia. In Atlanta, there are many places to go and sights to see such as: Cola-cola factory, Cabbage Patch Kids Factory, Under Ground Mall, the Zoo, Atlanta Braves Stadium, Six Flags Over Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, and the Atlanta Aquarium, are all in or near the city of Atlanta. The three that we visit on every trip to Atlanta are Six Flags, Stone Mountain, and the Atlanta Aquarium.

Learning about the different type of writing styles and steps of writing was the most interesting. Descriptive essays are my favorite to read and write. If I was to write about a person, I would select a dominant impression of the person using details to convey that impression. I would also choose details to support the topic sentence. Descriptive essays help give readers vivid image in their mind. When I write descriptive essays, I use 4 steps ; I select a subject, Select details that support my

A good story is always structured with details that are easy to follow while intriguing readers with reality and emotions. Edwidge Danticat’s memoir has proven her ability to use descriptions that allows the text and the readers to connect. Through her writing, she is able to get the reader involved in her situation, so that it is as if they are experiencing it too. Adding on, Danticat cleverly writes each type of description in a way that makes them distinct from each other. This connects the two which adds to her message. Descriptions bring life to her story and stresses the real events that happened to her and her family which displays her message effectively. That being said, without objective and subjective descriptions, any piece

When I first read the assignment, It took me a while to think of someone that I consider being a great writer. Then it hit me, Chief of police Steve Woodall, is a great writer and would be honored for me to interview him. When I set down with Chief Woodall I gave him a brief outline of what the assignment was about. I first ask the Chief to tell me what type of writing he does. He stated that he does several different types of writing. However, he said the main type of writing he does on a daily basis is descriptive writing. The Chief stated that descriptive writing allowed the reader to understand what he is trying to get them to see because it recreate a place or action that the reader can picture in his or her mind.

Each style has a distinctive purpose: some tell a story, some describes and others may persuade a viewpoint. I learned that descriptive essays have text which generally describes something in great detail. Whatever is being defined requires a broad research of trustworthy sources. The thing I liked most was researching and finding out new information on my topic. However, my greatest trouble was involving the reader’s emotion into my essays or writings. Nonetheless I realize that by involving the reader's emotions my writing gives a more vivid detail that makes the reader feel like he or she is actually there.

in a well written essay, compare/contrast the way the author of our class novel and the author of the article, poem, OR short story use imagery and tone to reveal their attitudes toward their life experience. You may only choose ONE piece of literature to compare/contrast your novel.

In the story, Cooper uses descriptive words to help describe many characters expressions, actions, and activities. These words

The descriptive diction used helped the reader get a feel for what was going on and they could imagine the scents and the imagery created.

Sensory imagery is an incredibly important aspect of any well written novel. It is what allows the reader to experience what is going on in the story with more than just an intellectual understanding of the material. Without these sensory details it becomes easy for a reader to dismiss or misunderstand what a character is going through at any point in the story.

My piece is written in the style of a descriptive narrative, mirroring Steinbeck’s tone and expression. I have chosen to write using a narrative dialogue in a third person view. I am going to use formal language when writing descriptions and informal when writing dialogue. The speech between the characters would be slang, spelt phonetically and in colloquial language. I have chosen to do this to develop the characters personalities, their levels of education and to develop the context of the novella. Apart from the two opening paragraphs of Chapter One, I am going to write in past tense. I am also going to begin my writing with a concentrated description of the location like Steinbeck does at the beginning of every chapter. This is to set the

One of the cornerstones of modern civilization is the written word. The ability to clearly convey information through text is essential for people to gain new knowledge and interact with one another, therefore, being able to write well is an essential skill. Writing an effective essay requires proper understanding of language basics, and the ability to emphasize information for a target audience. My goal for this essay is to review these techniques and critique a writing sample of my own, a biology scholarship application, to demonstrate how these following these techniques contributes to the quality of a written piece.

The story “The Flowers” by Alice Walker was the best example of description. The author gives really good detail and makes it easy to picture the story in your head. An example of a point where she used good detail is in the first paragraph when she said, “... made each day a golden surprise that caused excited little tremors to run up her jaws.” the author could have just said that harvesting made her excited but she made us feel how excited she was. Another point where she used good detail was in the third paragraph when she described when she saw the water rising up and going down stream as “... tiny white bubbles disrupt the thin black scale of soil…”. Also another point that caught my attention where she used great description was when