carefully selected details. Each of the five paragraphs below responds‚ in its own way‚ to the guidelines in How to Write a Descriptive Paragraph. The writers (three of them students‚ two of them professional authors) have selected a belonging or a place that holds special meaning to them‚ identified that subject in a clear topic sentence‚ and then described it in detail while explaining its personal significance. In the following paragraph‚ observe how the writer moves clearly from a description
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Descriptive Paragraph One of the things that I treasure in summertime is my weekends. I start my day early‚ getting ready to ride in my boyfriend’s car‚ to pick up the boat from a friend. The boat is a camouflaged‚ flat bottom‚ twelve feet long; spray painted on one side is the name for the boat “Esox Lucius”. We get to the creek and Jake dismounts the boat‚ I help by bringing the fishing poles‚ tackle boxes and my bag down to the bank. The familiar creek where we go is not too wide‚ covered on
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Avoid Plagiarism Plagiarism is a growing problem in universities (Matheson & Starr 2013) and becoming too common in the scientific world (Ober et al. 2012). Hence it is important for students as well as researchers to know how to avoid plagiarism. Before discussing the ways to avoid plagiarism‚ this paper discusses the definition‚ the types and reasons for plagiarism. “Copying’ or “borrowing” someone else’s words or ideas may perhaps be the more inoffensive way of explaining plagiarism. However
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small flame to turn into a full blown fire ‚ so people should have a fire safety in their houses. There were a lot of fires were about to get started ‚ but they did not start because of fire safety. In this paper I am going to write about; definition‚ history‚ how to use fire safety‚ how fire safety works‚ how important fire safety is‚ factors which increase the cost of fire safety‚ and fire safety equipment
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Process Paragraph Banana Walnut Bread One of my children’s favorite treats is homemade banana walnut bread. As long as there is a cup of milk to accompany the treat my kids are ready to eat. Most of the time my whole family makes them to enjoy quality time together. Banana walnut bread not only brings us together‚ but it provides us with a yummy treat for our dessert after dinner. Usually my wife makes sure to have enough ingredients for all four of us‚ and we make a list of any missing ingredients
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Rock Music There are three different types of rock music‚ alternative rock‚ classic rock‚ and hard rock‚ also known as metal. Alternative rock features a steady bass drum laying down the beat‚ with easy flowing guitar riffs over the top. The bass line is toned town‚ and the lyrics are sung with intensity an authority. Depending on the song‚ the guitars can either be acoustic guitars or electric guitars. Classic rock combines a steady driving bass drum sound‚ with high snare overtones‚ steady and
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Maria Silva Body Paragraphs August 16‚ 2013 COM/156 Samantha Desaulner Page 1 Mass media is swarming with violent images and messages and today’s youth spend a significant amount of time with media. It is believed that media is highly influential in youth‚ and it affects their attitude and violent behavior. Crucial concerns for practitioners are: violent media messages and images‚ and their effects on
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ENG 112 Body Paragraph Chris McCandless‘s admirers are wrong to believe that he was a deeply honest person. At some moments in Into the Wild‚ he was not an honest person. According to Westerberg‚ a McCandless’s friend‚ said‚ “He never explained why he’d changed his name” (Krakauer 18). When McCandless decided to make a trip into the wild‚ he changed his name; he did not even bring any identification with him. During the trip‚ everybody knew about him under the name Alex. Westerberg was a friend
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Mary Hyland 11/18/14 P.3 Poem Reaction Paragraphs Emily Dickinson: “Success Is Counted Sweetest” This poem brought about a reaction in me of true success. The message is those who succeed‚ never truly appreciate success: only those who fail‚ or who lack something‚ can truly appreciate the joy if they had succeeded. The poet says “those who ne’er succeed” genuinely value success‚ or as she says‚ “They “count” it “sweetest”. Dickinson also states the members of the victorious army
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charged reasonable prices. The barber they recommended was very careful and made sure my hair looked good before saying he was finished. When I got home‚ my mother said I looked great. I realized then that you cannot judge a haircut by its price. Definition Anger is having a feeling of hatred toward someone or something. It is one of our basic emotions and can be most dangerous if it is not carefully controlled. A person can become angry when he cannot fulfill some basic need or desire that is important
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