Samples of descriptive paragraphs: Sample 1.The sample below is an opening paragraph from a student essay on the development of entertainment media. In it‚ she describes TV-watching in her family to make a point about how central TV was as a form of entertainment in the 60’s. (1) As I was growing up in the 60’s‚ television was the only entertainment my family knew of the electronic sort. (2) The 7 o’clock nightly news was such an important part of our family that my dad knocked a wall down and
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It may seem a bit harsh to some people‚ but really‚ our environment is at stake here. If people don’t start taking matters into a serious manner‚ the future of our world wouldn’t be so bright. I believe this idea is really helpful especially since Mount Everest is considered to be one of the world’s wonders. It deserves to be preserved as much as possible and to be kept clean and descent not only for our sake‚ but for the sake of our Creator above who has given wonders such as those as a blessing
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CITIES OF THE UNDERWORLD There are many volcanos in the world‚ but one particular volcano called Mount Vesuvius is over thousands of years old. It was so powerful that it erupted over 50 times in total so far. When this volcano had its famous eruption‚ it buried the ancient roman city under a very large layer of ash from the volcano. During this event people who lived in the ancient roman city were trying to survive from this tragedy. Over two thousand people had died along with the city being
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10th. * World literacy day is observed on September 8th. GENERAL QUESTIONS * The longest river in the world is Nile. * The longest highway in the world is Trans Canada length of 8000 km. * The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest. * Myanmar produces around 1/3rd of teak in the world. * The biggest desert in the world is Sahara. * The
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northernmost Polar Urals extend some 240 miles from Mount Konstantinov Kamen in the north-east to the Khulga River the southeast; most mountains rise to 3300-3600 feet above sea level‚ although the highest peak‚ Mount Payer reaches 4829 ft. The next stretch‚ the Nether-Polar Urals‚ extends for more than 140 miles south to the Shchugor River. This section contains the highest peaks of the entire range‚ including Mount Narodnaya which reaches 6217 ft. and Mount Karpinsk Which is 6161 ft. These first
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is put on an assigment for Outside magazine to report on the growing commercialization on Mount Everest. Krauker decides that he wants to climb the mountain and therefore‚ accept the magazine’s offer. He joins the Adventure Consultants‚ the climbing service‚ led by Rob Hall who is one of the most respected high-altitute guide in the world. Hall is a 35 year old guy from New Zealander and had climbed the Mount Everest many times. Another expedition team that was climbing the Everest during the same
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Pompeii‚ a Roman city with a population of about 20‚000‚ was annihilated by Mount Vesuvius on August 26‚ 79 AD. It wasn’t until 1595‚ when artifacts from Pompeii were excavated. Centuries of raiding and looting then followed. In the mid-nineteenth century‚ archaeological excavations began‚ revealing to the modern world the way the people lived (and died) in 79 A.D. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius was‚ in fact‚ the downfall of the ancient city‚ Pompeii‚ but people today still wonder how it all happened
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a local tour operator. We have been able to maintain the high level of performance. All Asian countries‚ including Nepal‚ is famous for the Himalayan paradise with 1300 mountain peaks‚ including ten summits above 8000 meters. The top of the world Mount Everest (8848 m) and the deepest gorge (6967 m)‚ Kali Gandaki Gorge‚ the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama (Lumbini) and the living Goddess (Kumari) are worth to meet before died. Nepal is naturally beautiful recognized the second water-resourced
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I have only been to Mount Hood twice. The first time‚ I was only seven or eight‚ and I don’t remember much. The second trip‚ the one I’m writing about‚ happened only a few months ago. That one was really fun‚ and I will most certainly remember it. We usually take trips during breaks from school‚ like spring break or winter break‚ or during the summer‚ but we rarely take big trips on the weekends. We left friday afternoon‚ right after school ended. The car ride was about 3 hours. That may not seem
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the loss/ of detail‚ burned‚ dissolved‚ and broken off." (2-3) The speaker in the poem "Directive ’ is the poet‚ Frost. He wishes to lead the reader to his "hippocrene‚ the origin of all language‚ thought and form". (The Hippocrene was the spring on Mount Helicon which was regarded as a source of poetic inspiration). Frost is going back in time to his literary roots‚ which center or revolve around the spring and the Grail-like goblet. These symbols are the monuments of both Wordsworth and the Bible
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