How to Write a Descriptive Essay

it has been left outside. The sand was damp, from the storm the previous night. We took several breaks, as we wanted to dig the deepest hole that we could. Several feet down, we noticed a luminous glare. We thought we found treasure and we ran to get a camera. We finally dug out a deep enough enough the pull out the amulet. The amulet was a shiny piece of jewelry, about the size of a baseball. It had a intricate details all over. In the middle, there was goat, which made us laugh a little. We noticed that the weather outside was getting more violent, as rain poured everywhere. Our hole collapsed with the heavy weight of the wet sand. “Look outside! There is a goat!” screamed Tommy. In disbelief, I ran to the window curiously. “Wow, how did he get there?” I exclaimed. We decided that the best course of action was to call animal control, and we did just that. After around 30 seconds of repetitive beeping, no one answered. “They are probably busy with other calls, I guess we will call later.” I said to Tommy. I then walked back towards the large window, I noticed that the whole street was filled with goats, and they were all running towards us. “Grab your shoes! We need to go, now!” I screamed to Tommy. At full speed, we sprinted with all of our energy out the house. We ran straight into the deep foliage of the woods and never stopped. Suddenly, Tommy tripped and his ankle got stuck under a branch. Trying to be stealthy, I attended to his wounds and I realized…

A Car’s “JOURNEY” It was a lonely quiet night not as the usual one….. Lamborghinis’ Camp It was day 25th of February 2007, the day work on me started. My parts were in making… workers with their full capacity were doing their work … the work assigned to them was to plan and make the best car of the year which becomes a classic and inspiration for the future. I was the first one of my type in building. They started fitting the parts; the engine inside me was the most powerful one which world…

My name Sydney also spelled as Sydnee, Sydnie, Sidnie, or even Sydni. Sydney can be a boy or girl name. Sidney is variation of a surname, but was later changed the spelling to Sydney. Sydney is most commonly used in English and is french for Dennis. Helmes is my last name. Most people spell it Helms, which is English and is a variant for helm 1, Helmes is german and is patronymic for helm 3, somehow these are linked to one another and have probably changed in spelling over the years. Helmes…

from an author’s own experience(,) but often an author includes their own experiences when writing a narrative type story. The author may also write an informative type story that does not include themselves. A author may write a expository type story that doesn’t include them self, it is an explanatory style story. A descriptive style of story or essay writing is usually used in the news media(,) and the author never speaks of themselves in such style of stories. Persuasive style writing…

The ideas and different lessons learned in John Steinbeck’s stories are very real, as they make you feel a part of the deep story. John Ernst Steinbeck Jr., was born February 27, 1962, in Salinas, California, as he grew up there as well. The Red Pony is a book about a boy named Jody who gets a very special horse named Gabilan. The horse sadly dies from a bad cold as Jody recovers and later finds out new mysteries about his town. The author’s style of writing explains a lot as the author writes…

3 is an English class where students are taught how to write a proper essay. Many high schools allow their students to take Comp I and Comp II for college credit as well as for high school credit. In this class they are shown how to write a good thesis statement, how to put yourself into the paper, the importance of an introduction and conclusion, as well as the various different essay styles. Throughout the class, students will write a descriptive essay, evaluation essay, process essay, and a…

However, I am now able to much more than I was able to do in the past, this includes identifying my strengths and weaknesses. For instance, I have found that I am better at writing descriptive papers than argumentative papers. This college course has definitely helped me improve my overall writing. My first paper in English Composition opened my eyes to how inadequately I had written before. Before I took this course, I had no idea what a thesis statement was or that it even existed. When I…

D1) If I were to mentor a first year student on how to effectively analyse a case study, I would first let the student do some background research on the topic he would be learning about, to give him the basic information he would need to carry on. The other main point I would tell the student to do is to create a plan to make it easier for him. Now that he has some knowledge about the topic it wouldn’t be too hard to construct a plan. I would advise the student to look for relevant information…

Hayasaki writes, “It felt like an 80,000-pound semi-truck had parked on Will Piper’s chest” (Hayasaki). She starts out with a complex simile. This kind of literary language is unusual for more academic, expository writing. Hayasaki uses many similes and metaphors throughout this central and final scene. For instance, she writes that the corn kernels were “greenish and moldy, like decaying teeth.” This image is strong and poetic. The reader can almost smell it, taste it, and see it. It is a…

From Another Angle by Margaret Himley and Patricia F. Carini, the reading gives many descriptive reviews of different children. In Chapter 2, a descriptive review was performed on a 7-year-old child name Gabriel. He loves snakes and can is very quiet like stated in the reading. As I read through the descriptive review of Gabriel the author emphasize on the importance of elaborating the meaning of quiet and the reasons as to why Gabriel loves snakes. What are the clues presented to state the…