of the same techniques as you would use in creative writing. Make use of all five senses: how does a thing look‚ feel‚ taste‚ smell‚ and sound? Note those small‚ unique details that really enable a reader to see what it is about the thing you are describing that makes it different from other things like it. Descriptive essays can easily slip over the dividing line between something you have to write for school and a true piece of creative non-fiction. Don’t forget‚ though‚ that clarity and accuracy
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concluding sentence that summarizes or restates the main idea as expressed in the topic sentence. Example: (topic sentence) -A grandfather is a very special person who has all of the good characteristics of a father but none of the faults. Example: (concluding sentence) -He will go to any length to plan special family gatherings at which grandfather is truly a grandfather. (This sentence provides a good conclusion by restating the topic sentence.) 2. Make sure that the concluding sentence does
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crisis‚ a horrible worldwide depression and a nuclear explosion set off in anger." As I lay on the living room couch‚ eavesdropping on their conversation‚ starting to worry about the future my father was describing‚ I found myself looking at some old family photos. There was a picture of my grandfather in his Citadel uniform. He was a member of the class of 1942‚ the war class. Next to his picture were photos of my great-grandparents‚ Ellis Island immigrants. Seeing those pictures made me feel a lot
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a prize winning photograph‚ but he decides not to because he chooses to make the right decision by giving the family their rightful space to heal. He narrates a tragic scene where he as a young reporter witnesses an emotional event in which a grandfather accidentally runs over his baby granddaughter with his pickup truck. The purpose of Thom’s narration is to make his audience empathize with him. This analysis discusses the various writing techniques Thom uses to make his essay a successful and
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References: Graber‚ A. W. (1990‚ January‚). Describing Children‚ Describing Ourselves: Helping Teachers Analyze Behavioral Descriptions. Social Work in Education‚ Vol. 12(Issue2‚)‚ p77-87.
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of their place and time‚ for example Lola presenting herself as a “Banshees-loving punk chick” to the dismay of her mother‚ and in a completely different time period Lola’s grandfather doing the unspeakable and challenging the rule of the Dominican dictator (54). For characters like Beli and Abelard‚ Oscar and Lola’s grandfather‚ their storylines draw on the impact that the government‚ especially the ruthless ruler‚ Trujillo‚ has on their lives. Further down the line though Oscar‚ Lola and Yunior do
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11 Second Paragraph: The boy was medium sized with a muscular body and a face that was sullen in repose. … But his eyes were bluish-gray‚ and set in the dark face they had a bleak‚ violent look. It is describing how Sherman looks. 4. Irony: Pg. 166 paragraph 1-2: To Sherman the Judge talked no crazier than many another Southern politician. Crazy‚ crazy‚ crazy. All of them! Sherman did not forget that the Judge had once been a congressman‚ thus holding
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threat‚ its ongoing fear remains and this can be seen in the use of religious language throughout the poem. For example‚ the bowed heads of the potato pickers suggest the desire to respect the gods and show them respect. The poem begins with Heaney describing workers in a potato field in Ireland. They follow a machine that turns up the crop and they put these into a basket and then store them. The second section of the poem involves the healthy potatoes being described. The third section writes about
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Nathaniel Hawthorn was a great write being the writer of various famous books‚ based most of his work on personal experience. Many of his books such as The Birthmark and Barn Burning contain elements that can only be placed by someone who has felt a portion of it. Hawthorn’s story ‘Young Goodman Brown’‚ we see a man named Goodman Brown‚ who says goodbye to his wife Faith outside his home in Salem Village as he sets off on a road through a gloomy forest. The life people lived during this period‚
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