Example of Descriptive Essay About a Place

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    The memorable impact of novels and short stories arise from the careful and often brilliant creation of detail by the writers. The purpose of this essay is to explore the role and impact of a few significant details in the novels Perfume by Patrick Suskind and Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Both works encompass a handful of similar descriptive details. An example of a descriptive detail shared amongst both works would be the sense of smell. Another example of both of the author’s use of descriptive details could be found in the ways the authors describe the events leading up to the final event. To start with, Suskind uses a profound use of imagery to convey the smell in Perfume. By this I mean that the author’s…

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    The descriptive style of writing used in Joy Horowitz’s Parkinson’s Alley helps connect the reader to the individuals, their struggles and the problem that is threatening livelihoods in Visalia, California. Without the description embedded in this article, it could be very easy for the readers to get lost or lose interest. A tie is created after you learn a thing or two about “A big, friendly bear of a man” (Horowitz) who has been ultimately screwed over by his government when they decide to do…

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    There are many types of essays that at some point almost everyone has written. Some of the essays include a narrative, a descriptive, a persuasive, and expository. “Those are the four major types of essays” (Time for Writing), and they are also the ones I will be talking about in this essay. There are more like a cause and effect, a comparison, or also a research essay. It is a good thing to know the differences between essays, so one doesn’t write a persuasive when told to write a…

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    interesting craft moves in his story “The Landlady”. One craft move was when they used descriptive words and sentences. Another was short and long sentences. Finally Roald Dahl utilized tone to develop his theme that things aren't always as they appear and be aware of your surroundings. Roald Dahl made good use of descriptive words and sentences. One example of this is when he stated, “But now, even in the darkness, he could see that the paint was peeling from the woodwork on their doors and…

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    Figurative language is a form of writing in which you use very descriptive words to describe something, such as a metaphor, simile, or personification. For example,“ Who’s eyes are are string and who throws coins like rain.” There are other examples in “Abuelito Who” which has many examples of figurative language in it. In “Abuelito Who” “his eyes are string” is a metaphor because it used the word is. Another example is “he throws coins like rain” which is a simile because it uses the…

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    Have you ever had your blood pumping or heart racing while reading a book? If not then Peter Benchley’s book will make that happen. Peter Benchley was born May 08, 1940 in New York, he has written many books and many of them have been made into movies. But his most famous book is “Jaws”, yes it was a book before Steven Spielberg made it into a movie. “Jaws” the book was very famous it sold about 20 million copies, this famous book is about a killer shark in a seaside resort in Long Island in…

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    pushes this narrative. As a result, Tim O’Brien uses colloquial speech, military acronyms and descriptive lists to convey a sympathetic time towards the soldiers featured in his…

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    In your lifetime, there are countless times when you show your emotions, whether it's good or not. In the book The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, the author uses various techniques to help develop the emotions in the story. The author uses metaphors, symbolism and descriptive language to show emotions and thinking of the characters. The author uses descriptive language to helps develop the emotion of the characters. The description “They both turned their little black eyes towards me -…

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    relationships . Experimental methods help us make discoveries on the “why” of behavior. Conversely, descriptive methods take place in a more natural setting. Descriptive methods help researchers depict a person or group through direct observation. Sylwester and Purver (2015) used the descriptive method to collect data. Their methods would not apply to experimental methods because it did not require manipulation just the observation of twitter accounts. Researchers gathered accounts from both…

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    He uses descriptive words such as “galloping, rattling, limbered, and trotting” to describe the movement of the soldiers” (William). Rather than the author saying they walked or ran, these descriptive words give the reader a better image of the movement of the soldiers as they moved along. It also helps the reader get a better sense of the liveliness of the battle. He also uses descriptive words such as stony and hollow to give us a three dimensional image of what he was seeing. This allows the…

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