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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In her memoir Wild‚ Cheryl Strayed is faced with the mess that has become her life. By her early twenties Strayed finds herself lost and alone after the death of her mother‚ her divorce‚ an affair and abortion‚ and the scattering of her family. After seeing a Guidebook in the checkout line at a store‚ Strayed gets the idea of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mexico border to Canada. Encountering many obstacles along the way such as her lack of experience‚ the loss of her hiking boots‚ and
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The History of Outdoor Activities | | | | Rachel Keech‚ Kenya Banks‚ and Jonathan | 1/17/2012 | | Throughout the history of mankind outdoor activities have played integral roles in everyday life. In today’s modernized society‚ people spend more time indoors than ever before. Many of the outdoor activities that are still participated in today are chosen for recreational purposes but a surprising number of them have more practical roots. A great number of the outdoor activities
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Occupational therapists can advocate for both of these groups campaigning for universal design‚ further training for people working with these groups and encouraging professionals to continue participating in research to extend the depth of knowledge. As Francis Bacon once said‚ “Knowledge is power”‚ this knowledge can empower groups facilitating social inclusion‚ enabling occupational justice through occupational participation (Bacon‚ 1597 cited in Rodrígez García‚ 2001). Collaborating with other professionals
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Otzi iceman In early 1991 September 19 two hikers from Germany found something strange in Italian Alps while they were having a break-they saw a human corpse. Later scholars researched it and found that it was a skull of an ancient human and they named it “Otzi Iceman”. The Iceman’s meals have served up a feast of information to scholars. His stomach contained 30 different types of pollen. Analysis of that pollen shows that Ötzi died in spring or early summer‚ and it has even enabled researchers
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A pleasant and joyous Good Morning to all. It is with extreme gratitude that I hereby express my views on why Eco-Tourism is the only way forward for Dominica. To begin with‚ what is Eco-Tourism? Eco tourism is defined as a responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well being of local people. Truly‚ I believe that eco-tourism is the only way forward for Dominica because the country is rich in natural resources‚ there is low maintenance‚ and it brings in
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Print vs. Press In today’s elections the Media is one of the biggest influences in most elections. Throughout the years the Media has changed quiet a bit. As in most cases‚ today’s technology has revolutionized the Media and the way we get our information. Not only do we hear about elections through the media‚ we learn of updated news pertaining to our everyday lives. There are two types of Media that presents different stimuli‚ which vary substantially from nature to content. The two types
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In the film Blind sight there is a goal to help the blind children of a underprivileged children of Tibet. The children were almost cast away from the town because of their inability to see. The film was to help these children feel a sense of self-worth where they had otherwise felt neglected. The goal of the mission was to climb the mountain called La parie with a peak of 23‚000 ft. throughout the film the importance of the hike changes from achieving reaching the peak to the children being able
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MARGINALISM The discussion on price theory during the first half of the 20th century that would later be known under the term “full-cost controversy” had its debut with the publication of the aforementioned article by the Oxford-based economists Hall and Hitch (1939). In their work‚ entitled “Price Theory and Business Behaviour”‚ they presented the results of a survey accompanied by interviews among 38 firms‚ of which 33 were in the manufacturing business. The large majority of the firms were found to set
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State of Confusion Paper Sarah E Kimball-Lincon LAW 421 October 22‚ 2012 David Feldhein‚ JD State of Confusion Paper Determining the difference between personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction will help to determine which location a lawsuit should be filed in. Defining interstate commerce and which level of government has the right to place restrictions on the commerce is important when discussing a lawsuit. Understanding how lawsuits work as well as what lawyers will try to
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