Tammy Wright ENGL105S/ Introduction to College Writing Due Date: 10/15/2014 Descriptive Essay Portrait of A Mother’s Beauty…. My mother was one of the most beautiful‚ elegant women you could have ever known. The image of her‚ will forever be etched in my mind. Her beauty was very alluring‚ and her face was very captivating. Her high cheekbones caught your attention‚ because of the statuesque bone structure. My mother had the face of a movie star‚ very similar to the famous Lena Horne. She had
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Scary: Its dark and so silent that I could hear a penny drop. However‚ there’s screeching every few minutes. I can feel a person staring at me but there isn’t anyone there. The lights flicker and I hear a woman scream down stairs. Echoing in the dead silent house in less than a minute. I feel this warmness rush through me and my heart rate has accelerated. My breathing is heavy and I am trying to quietly move down stairs. I feel my hand become saturated with something goopy. My eyes widen as there
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Descriptive Essay Hogwarts The most distinct setting of Harry Potter is Hogwarts. Hogwarts is a wondrous‚ magical building with many towers and turrets. It is home to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I find Hogwarts location‚ its castle‚ the grounds‚ and Quiddich fascinating. Hogwarts is built in a forested area said to be in Scotland. The castle is located atop a cliff overlooking a lake. The lake is south of the castle and the front entrance of the castle faces toward the
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Ana Castillo Mrs. Elliott English 11 9 October 2012 Descriptive Essay: Tattoos Tattoos are created by inserting colored materials beneath the skins surface. The skin is penetrated with a sharp too. Today colored ink and an electric needle are the material and instrument of choice. Today the practice is popular with a vast cross section of the population. Within the United States‚ tattoos can be found on anybody from gang members to fashion models. The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian word
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Descriptive Essay Loud explosions were popping off everywhere. Debris was flying up in the smoke covered sky. Gun shots where screaming from every direction whistling by my head‚ my adrenaline was pumping‚ I had to stay calm as machine guns fired off and grenades blowing up‚ you could hear grown men crying. As I ran for cover bullets ricocheted off my helmet; I knew I was in for it‚ but I could not stop I found a beautiful tree with green and brown leaves at the bottom was a bunch of bushes that
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The ocean was angry and the waves thrashed at the beach like a rabid pit bull at the end of its chain‚ desperately looking to bite into anyone or anything. A hurricane was off the coast of Ocean City. It wasn’t close enough to cause evacuations‚ but it kicked up the surf to the point where it wiped out most of the beach. The lifeguards were still keeping watch‚ ready to blow their whistles and call for back-up through their radios and long-distance flag language. If rip currents pulled someone
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restraint. She is the child punished for taking candy from a baby and in return she hits the baby. Because it’s the baby’s fault she was scolded so the baby must also be punished. She is cold and unsympathetic. Not a single care for the hardships she places on others. The delusions she creates of herself; a caring‚ altruistic‚ benevolent soul is actually a facade. It is her way to get your guard down and when the moment arises‚ she strikes with no reservation. For instance‚ she robbed‚ restrained‚ and
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The crafting of the story Scary Movies by Stephen Amidon is highly effective. The structure‚ the narrative voice‚ the use of images and the description make the story an effective one. The story begins with the opening statement‚ "I was 9 years old when I first discovered the Roxy Theater and learnt something about fear’. I think this is a good opening for the story because it keeps the reader interested. The reader wants to find out what kind of fear the narrator is experiencing. When
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but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks‚ the courthouse sagged in the square.” This environment as Scout Finch accurately describes is not the best or conducive place for young children‚ loud noises‚ and games. In the same way as the children‚ the adults of the novel played games that came from their imaginations‚ and they themselves are the ones who provided the fear for everyone. As most children do Jem‚ Scout
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upon a few of their novels and a film that shocked the nation and then drifted softly into the night. From the Andromeda Strain to Outbreak and ending with the struggle of humanity against Filoviruses today‚ this paper will delve into the dark and scary world of viruses‚ how little we really know about their origins‚ and exactly how devastating a lack of preparation can be. In the first section‚ I will review the history of Crichton’s and Preston’s works and the subsequent films and “panic” that
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