Descriptive Writing Overview Lesson Overview The students will read a description of a visit to the Belmont Mansion and then write their own descriptive writing. Topic Descriptive writing Objectives The students will write a piece of descriptive writing. Standards Writing process‚ summarizing‚ drawing conclusions‚ vocabulary‚ adjectives‚ graphic organizers Time Required 1 class period Recommended Grade Level 4-8+ Credits Alison Nicole Rager Preparation
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Jeff Hancock: The Future of Lying On TED talks‚ Jeff Hancock‚ a Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University‚ spoke about the future of lying. Professor Hancock specialize in Social Science and one of his research focuses on how we have changed our behavior to lie less through online communication due to it being on permanent record. “The Butler‚” “The Sock Puppet‚” and “The Chinese Water Army” are types of deceptions that Professor Hancock and his team are tracking and documenting
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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING Beads of sweat trickled down my face as the sweltering sun continued to beat on down on me. The waves crashing rhythmically on the shore were tempting me to enter those enticing waters to cool off. But‚ no. I could not. I was here for a job. A job that needed me to stand here with my heavy makeup bag and watch others have a dip in the cool waters while being photographed and filmed. I turned round and ‘people-watched’ the by-standers who were here at the beach for a nice
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Kyle Jordan: English 9 – Chapter 19 Descriptive Writing: Create a Monster Descriptive Essay: 1. You will generate a list of 10 characteristics common to monsters. 2. You will plan and write a descriptive essay on a monster you create including the following: what the monster looks like‚ what the monster eats‚ where the monster lives‚ what the monsters personality is like. 3. You will identify‚ interpret‚ and create sensory descriptions‚ also called imagery. Repulsive looks‚ incongruous
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On decay of the art of lying essay “On Decay of the Art of Lying” was‚ as the title suggests‚ an essay discussing the topic of lying. Mark Twain‚ who was the author of the essay‚ suggests that everyone is a liar‚ and that no one can go through life without lying even if they claim that they are completely honest. People lie everyday‚ every hour even without realizing that they are lying. The world would be a completely different place if people never lied‚ this wouldn’t necessarily be for the
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English 111 A 10/7/12 Imagine if you had a dreadful disease that took away your memory and you could no longer remember familiar people‚ places or events. This is what is happening to my Grandma. She has been diagnosed with vascular dementia and it has been detrimental to her life and her mind‚ and I hate to think about what it will do to her in the future. She is 80 years old and is still able to live alone‚ however her son lives across the road from her. Other than having dementia‚ she is
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Similarities and Differences between Narratives and Descriptive Essays TRACY GARRETT ENG 121 English Composition 1 Amanda Price April 22‚ 2014 Similarities and Differences between Narratives and Descriptive Essays Every story is an individual which means you cannot always make a choice on a generalization of descriptive and narrative stories. Narratives give you a straight to the point feeling while the descriptive give you a more vivid detailed visual. The similarities
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performance enhancing devices to give them a better chance at winning. These practices are becoming so common that horses have to be drug tested before stepping foot on the track. The desire to win lays way to a perfect opportunity for foul play. The lying that goes on in horse racing is always unjust‚ especially when it comes to the care of the horses. A few of these
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headed off to the beach. On the way‚ we saw a black and white cat racing across the street chasing a gray mouse. We played a game called I Spy and sang songs to pass the time. Growing closer to the beach Michael spied a snake lying in the road‚ and asked‚ "Why is the snake lying in the middle of the road mommy?" The snake was dead and not wanting to upset him‚ I replied‚ "The snake is basking in the sun so it can get warm". It was not long
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It was a busy Saturday afternoon at the Galleria at Tyler‚ many different people walking in and out of the large department stores and inside the interior of the mall. However‚ the vast majority of people walking among the mall were groups of young teenage girls. The mall has become the major hangout for teenagers‚ where both males and females roam to show themselves off to people of the opposite sex. I noticed two girls at the food court‚ where they were in line waiting to buy coffee from Starbucks
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