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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Miranda Poole 2/3/13 English 101 Descriptive Essay The Beach: A Relaxing Wonderland It is spring break‚ in the middle of March‚ my junior year. As I cross the state line into Florida‚ I picture the ocean as being a place of peace and serenity. It’s my first time visiting the ocean‚ and all I can think about is hoping it is as beautiful as the pictures I have seen of it. As I arrive to the beach with all my friends‚ the eagerness of seeing this peaceful place is rising. I can’t wait to smell
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Essay #1 Descriptive Essay 10/26/14 American Dream Right before I started high school we were building our very own customized house on the five acres my parents had just bought up on five mile prairie. I was definitely enjoying picking out the carpet and paint colors for my room and bathroom. It was 1996 when that house was finished and we moved into it. Everything was put together just as we’d asked and everything was brand new and untouched. I was a sophomore and my only concern was how much
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FLOOD A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry.[1] The European Union (EU) Floods Directive defines a flood as a covering by water of land not normally covered by water.[2] In the sense of "flowing water"‚ the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies‚ such as a river or lake‚ in which the water overtops or breaks levees‚ resulting in some of that water escaping its usual boundaries‚[3] or it may
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Causes of floods Flood is overflow of the huge amount of water onto the normally dry land. Flood occurs when the overflowing water submerges land and causes deluge. It is a cruel and violent expression of water. Catastrophic floods are the floods that are caused by some significant and unexpected events‚ for instance dam breakages. Heavy rainfalls are one of the major causes of floods. The level of water in rivers or lakes rises due to heavy rainfalls. When the level of water rises above 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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What will this Pandemic bring? How will the Human society prepare‚ or eventually do to prevent the Pandemic. The Gardeners from Margaret Atwood’s novel “The Year of the Flood” are a group of eco-subversives that prepare for a Pandemic. The Gardeners use different religions to make up their beliefs. In both “ The Year of The Flood” and the article by David Shenk “ How to Survive the Avian Flu‚ Smallpox‚ or Plague” tell the reader to grow food‚ stock pile food‚ and live an isolated life. In the article
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Essay on our changing villages Essay This essay “our changing villages” is for the school and college students to get an idea about this topic. The best results and the richest values of freedom do not lie only in such things as elections‚ panchayats and parliaments‚ but in a new and growing mass-consciousness. Our newly-own has freedom given a new soul of India. Slowly but surely a new social self-knowledge is being born in the new Indian villagers. The old Indian villager was like dumb driven
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This horrific flood has caused a major problem for those living in Tewkesbury from houses being up to 2m high of water‚ to thousands being evacuated. Sadly thirteen people have lost their lives and hundreds are stranded. On 22nd May water treatment works shut down because of imminent loss The weather forecast from Yesterday. off supplies‚ this meant water usage doubled. Now 140‚000 properties in Gloucestershire are without water and are having to use alternative water supplies like bottles of water
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