Robert Campbell Mrs. Overly ENGL 1301.54 11/1/2005 Assignment: Ch.3. Descriptive Writing—“The Body Farm” p.139‚ #1. Write an essay in which you describe something that most people would find repulsive or frightening. Skydiving It was an ordinary day in June when a few friends and I decided that we wanted to do something that we thought was exhilarating‚ so we went skydiving. What is skydiving you might ask yourself? Skydiving is exactly what it sounds like‚ the act of jumping or falling
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Whitney Walker Professor Brogdon Eng.101 sec.505 January 24‚ 20011 Favorite Food My favorite food is chicken fettuccini pasta. I prefer this dish because of the great taste. It consists of a magnificent sauce‚ tender chicken‚ and mixed vegetables. This blend of ingredients contributes the flavor‚ texture‚ and appearances of the pasta. Just because the sauce isn’t an attractive color‚ which is an dull white with drops of grey from mushrooms and specks of green from the broccoli
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I casually walked down the stairs‚ and I saw something on the table. Confused at what it was‚ I walked closer. It was a shiny‚ small‚ white slip of paper. When I got closer‚ I realized it was a ticket to the Bulls game. My head exploded like a balloon. My face lit up like a light bulb because of how happy I was. I never went to a Bulls game before and I was really excited. I liked the Bulls a lot and I had a lot of Bulls clothing except I never really watched any of the games and I didn’t know many
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Carefully concealed Dexter‚ waiting waiting. Then he heard it‚ Dexter Morgan the hunter and soon to be Miami Forensics blood splatter analyst heard it. Car pulling in under the amiable bright moon. Key lock click. Shuffle shuffle voice. "Mr Tinker where are you?" .Shuffle. "Mr Tinker? Are you trapped behind the couch again Mr Tinker Stinker?". She stepped into the lounge with caution‚ Dexter’s first kill on a lustrous silver platter. It’s time. He observed her as she looked around the moonlit room
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In the evenings light‚ my car rolls up the white gravel and creeps to a stop. It has been eight years since I have last seen my beloved grandmother. She owns a retirement getaway between two snow-capped mountains‚ in a tiny‚ yet glorious country ranch. Everything was so familiar and untouched. Orange and red tulips‚ that grandma and I planted‚ still surround the base of the house. The large weeping willow‚ that danced with the wind‚ still shades the garden that is on the side of the house. I anxiously
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Every year‚ around the first week of August‚ right when summer is about to end and the beginning of the summer monsoons‚ people gather at a ballpark known as Ricketts Park. A state of the art baseball stadium that when spectating the ongoing games‚ you can smell the sweet smell of the cottonwoods that shade the stadium from a cool breeze. Even more so‚ the warm smell of hot dogs with just the right amount of greasy glaze coming up through the small‚ thin cracks of the aluminum bleachers‚ escaping
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Game Day Game Day had arrived for the two rival basketball teams; the Eagles and the Tigers. The loud and passionate fans had been waiting in line for hours out in the freezing cold weather. As the warm ups started the players were getting nervous. Both teams wanted the state championship very bad and they were just hours away from winning it. Months and months of strenuous conditioning and closely won ball games had all come down to this one game. The referee threw the perfectly round orange rubber
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No Love Lost‚ No Love Found That father and daughter bond‚ the sweetest love I’ve never known. I’ve seen my father over a thousand times wondering if he’s ever seen me. Looking with his eyes wide shut. It seemed as if over the years he was disappearing‚ fading into the black. A fragment of what I thought I needed but in all reality became as pointless as the conclusion to book that I’ll never finish My father has managed for eighteen years to be a part of my life without being a part of my life
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English Snow Winter is my favorite time of the year. The snow is my favorite thing about winter. Snow is precipitation in the form of ice. That is form within clouds when the temperature outside drops to 30 degrees or below. Every year around November and December‚ it starts to fall. The snow is important to me because it bring me joy. Watching the snow fall is very peaceful. It falls without a sound unlike rain. There are a lot of things to do to with snow. Like making huge snow
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Walking on the fields‚ stands packed with people‚ waiting to see you perform. “They came for you‚ not the football team‚” we would always joke knowing that our competitions always filled the stands faster than the football games. That‚ while everyone on those friday nights were going to get their popcorn and hot dogs‚ we were just practicing for the next day‚ where no one would dare move from their seats‚ because‚ no one wanted to miss a second of the performance. This is color guard. This is me
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