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Example Of Vivid Vivid Descriptions

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1.In this essay Steve Earle uses vivid descriptions to make his point. Is this effective? Find an example from the text. Yes, it is. Through his descriptions and details, we can imagine everything he is writing. When I’m reading this essay, I can see everything like a movie in my head. All this is possible because he uses vivid descriptions. Example; “His arms are wrapped in Ace bandages and extended at his sides on boards. At either wrist, clear plastic tubes protrude from the wrappings, snaking back under the gurney and disappearing through a plastic tube set in a bright blue cinder block wall. I think I see movement behind the one-way glass mirror on the opposite wall—the executioner getting into position. Jon is smiling at us, his great neck twisted uncomfortably sideways. A microphone suspended from the ceiling hangs a few inches above his head. The speaker above our heads crackles to life and Jon speaks, craning his head around to see the victims’ witnesses in the room next door.” …show more content…

In your opinion, which is best? Defend your answer. In my opinion the prison’s goal should be rehabilitation. We all are humans, and we all make mistakes. Our mistakes come with consequences, and that is good. But we need to help others to understand and accept they did something wrong. It is like when your kid does something wrong. You show him he did something wrong, and the you give him a punishment. After that you explain him what he did wrong and why he cannot do it again. In jail we already have segregation and punishment. Then, we need to help prisoners to be a better

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