Memorable Experience on a Short Trip or Vacation
Descriptive Essay #1
Due: on Wed, Sept 3rd
Length: 3 pages minimum. No more than 4.
Purpose: You must write a first-person, past tense story of a memorable experience you had on a short trip or vacation. In fulfilling the ‘descriptive’ function of the essay, you must be specific and descriptive in your details of what you describe. This will include using dialogue from people in your story, describing locations and certain circumstances.
I am aware that in three pages it is a difficult task to describe an entire vacation. That is why I am asking you only for a small story of a small experience within that trip or vacation. First and foremost concentrate on your ability to tell a story about what had happened. You should avoid a story with little to no details and also steer clear of a story that is bogged down in far too many details.
What is a descriptive essay?
The descriptive essay is a genre of essay that asks the student to describe something—object, person, place, experience, emotion, situation, etc. This genre encourages the student’s ability to create a written account of a particular experience. What is more, this genre allows for a great deal of artistic freedom (the goal of which is to paint an image that is vivid and moving in the mind of the reader).
One might benefit from keeping in mind this simple maxim: If the reader is unable to clearly form an impression of the thing that you are describing, try, try again!
Source: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/03/
Organize your essay as such
Intro: Give us a lead into your essay. You should reference “Vacation ‘58” as an example of a great topic sentence. A topic sentence in a story (fiction or non-fiction) sets the mood of the story as well as gives your audience the idea of your voice as an author.
Body Paragraphs: These function as a balance between dialogue and paragraphs. Since you will be telling the story in past tense, first person, you must tell the story chronologically. Avoid
Due: on Wed, Sept 3rd
Length: 3 pages minimum. No more than 4.
Purpose: You must write a first-person, past tense story of a memorable experience you had on a short trip or vacation. In fulfilling the ‘descriptive’ function of the essay, you must be specific and descriptive in your details of what you describe. This will include using dialogue from people in your story, describing locations and certain circumstances.
I am aware that in three pages it is a difficult task to describe an entire vacation. That is why I am asking you only for a small story of a small experience within that trip or vacation. First and foremost concentrate on your ability to tell a story about what had happened. You should avoid a story with little to no details and also steer clear of a story that is bogged down in far too many details.
What is a descriptive essay?
The descriptive essay is a genre of essay that asks the student to describe something—object, person, place, experience, emotion, situation, etc. This genre encourages the student’s ability to create a written account of a particular experience. What is more, this genre allows for a great deal of artistic freedom (the goal of which is to paint an image that is vivid and moving in the mind of the reader).
One might benefit from keeping in mind this simple maxim: If the reader is unable to clearly form an impression of the thing that you are describing, try, try again!
Source: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/03/
Organize your essay as such
Intro: Give us a lead into your essay. You should reference “Vacation ‘58” as an example of a great topic sentence. A topic sentence in a story (fiction or non-fiction) sets the mood of the story as well as gives your audience the idea of your voice as an author.
Body Paragraphs: These function as a balance between dialogue and paragraphs. Since you will be telling the story in past tense, first person, you must tell the story chronologically. Avoid