Descriptive Analyses of the Essays and Short Stories Narration and Description THE STRATEGIES Although the narrative and descriptive essays are often given as separate assignments in composition courses‚ they are combined in this first section so that teachers can present expressive writing and still reserve time for the many forms of informative and argumentative writing. This choice is tricky because it confirms the folk wisdom about expressive writing and rhetorical difficulty. According to
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The great view of the Grand Canyon At the summit of the canyon‚ I can feel the clouds that are drifting are really closed to me and I can touch the clouds in the sky if I stretch my arms out. The color of sky is various from bright blue to dark blue depending on each individual’s viewpoint. Looking upward‚ I can see skies splashed with cotton white clouds and the peaks of the canyon are wrapping in clouds. Even though there are clouds a lot in the sky‚ the sun drawing water is so beautiful. There
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Donato 1 Justin Donato Professor Jessica Catron English II 23 February 2014 Descriptive Essay: First Year at HAA The year was 2010 when my parents decided that it was time for a change. I have not really realized how big that change impacted my life until now. I went to North Shore Seventh Day Adventist Academy for six years. At first‚ I really did not want to switch schools but as I put more and more thought into it‚ I decided that it was the best thing for me to do. This first year at
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Chandell Gabler English 099-22-Intro to College Writing 9:05-10:15 am Professor Braxton-Robinson/Professor Sheffield Assignment: Write a Descriptive Essay describing a storm you have witnessed. The storm I witnessed was Hurricane Sandy. When I first heard of the hurricane I thought it wouldn’t be as bad as some people were prediciting‚ but as the storm approached I certainly changed my mind. As we sat in the house it became very real how bad the storm was going to be. It was scary to
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Vacation at the Beach Vs. the Mountains Ivet Molina Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra ESOL 103 Felicia Donaghy March 24‚ 2014 Vacation at the Beach Vs. the Mountains People are always looking forward to their vacation period. There are many options where to go. According to a study by some explorers‚ most common places people choose for taking a vacation are the beach and the mountain. Both places offer a variety of fun activities
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GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE UNIT 3: DESCRIPTIVE WRITING The Descriptive Writing task in Unit 3 is worth 7.5% of the subject award and is marked out of 20. The mark given for each of the examples provided is supported by comments related to the criteria given in the specification for (i) Content & Organisation; (ii) Sentence Structure‚ Punctuation & Spelling. A notional grade is indicated in each case‚ based on the way that the same mark scale for Writing has been used in the past‚ and consistent with
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Dover Beach‚ Matthew Arnold‚ “The sea is calm tonight.”(1) The very first line suggests a poem to inspire tranquility in the reader; but‚ that tranquility is but an illusion: “Listen! You hear the grating roar of pebbles which the waves draw back and fling...”(9-10) Does this feel like the tone of a peaceful poem? The entire piece plays with the reader’s senses‚ never allowing them to get quite comfortable in their conclusion of what the tone is meant to be‚ as it is ever shifting. Each Stanza further
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Ivory Koehn 9/10/2010 Descriptive Essay Under The Raised Hand Prologue When I was a young girl learning about life and love‚ I always thought that some man would sweep me off my feet and it was my fate to be with him and only him. My mother was not a big fan of love and fate. She didn’t have a very good history of guys and relationships. She would always tell us love was not a reality and we should find someone with a lot of money. My mother is a strong feminist woman and I tried as hard
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Descriptive Words Smile‚ grin‚ beam‚ smirk . . . Frown‚ scowl‚ glare‚ glower‚ grimace . . . Stare‚ gaze‚ gape‚ watch‚ gawk‚ ogle‚ look‚ examine‚ leer . . . Flinch‚ recoil‚ balk‚ cringe‚ shy away‚ pull back‚ wince‚ cower‚ shrink‚ tremble . . . Incredulous‚ disbelieving‚ skeptical‚ doubtful‚ dubious‚ uncertain‚ suspicious‚ questioning‚ vague . . . Quizzical‚ questioning‚ puzzled‚ surprised‚ perplexed‚ inquiring Interested‚ curious‚ involved‚ attentive‚ concerned‚ attracted‚
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Descriptive Essay Hearts were racing‚ twelve to be exact‚ lungs were being constricted tighter and tighter with every second that went by‚ joints were being pushed to their limits as their limbs stretched the farthest they could reach‚ and yet these twelve people were still able to ignore their injuries. All they revealed was happiness. There was no pain to be seen. No acknowledgement of misery because they all knew they only had those two minutes and thirty seconds to give it their all. Any sense
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