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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I was born in Iraq in a domestic violent environment. In my second grade in elementary‚ I and my sister moved to 7 different foster child housing. I had to move to 7 different elementary schools in one year. I was being sexually molested several times by these foster families and emotionally and physically as well. My parents finally were able to get back together and keep us somehow stable till the middle school. My father was kidnapped after 2003 war in Iraq and we had to sell all we have to pay
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Maria Teresa P. Dominguez RSH 630 Research Seminar I Prof. Elmer De Jose Types of Descriptive Research Generally‚ descriptive studies are of several types‚ These are (1) case studies‚ (2) surveys‚ (3) developmental studies‚ (4) follow-up studies‚ (5) documentary analyses‚ (6) trend analyses‚ (7) and correlational studies. DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES If your study intends to get reliable Information about the similarities of children at various ages‚ how they differ at age levels
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Germans started this but in fact the French did and the Germans were the first to study it with great detail and use it on a large scale (Duffy‚ 2009). Another well- known event that occurred with chemical agents was the Halabja Massacre in the Iran/Iraq War of 1998. This event was a huge assassination of human beings lead by Saddam Hussein. Now we have to worry that others will gain
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GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE UNIT 3: DESCRIPTIVE WRITING The Descriptive Writing task in Unit 3 is worth 7.5% of the subject award and is marked out of 20. The mark given for each of the examples provided is supported by comments related to the criteria given in the specification for (i) Content & Organisation; (ii) Sentence Structure‚ Punctuation & Spelling. A notional grade is indicated in each case‚ based on the way that the same mark scale for Writing has been used in the past‚ and consistent with
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Ddirk Mrs. K English 9 A October 24‚ 2012 Descriptive Essay The look of glee on people faces is the look that you might expect from a child on Christmas day. Why this look? They are on the most amazing place on earth truly it’s a gift from God Himself the “beach”. The beach is a quiet and peaceful place but at the same time it can be so noisy because the number of people that are on this beach is as if the new iphone 5 is being sold. You just have to allow yourself to become that carefree
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The United States invaded Iraq in 2003. Since then 4‚007 American Soldiers have been killed‚ and another 28‚645 injured or diseased. Given this many American’s feel it is time to withdraw‚ to get out before any more lives are lost. Some say we should have never been there in the first place. While this may be true is it fair or wise to leave Iraq‚ a country that we invaded‚ in such a state of chaos. No‚ the job is only half done and the United States needs to remain to finish it and to clean up and
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In this descriptive essay I would like to tell you about my favorite object. One of the most important objects to me is my baseball bat that I spend almost my entire summer using. It is a Louisville Slugger baseball bat. It is my favorite object because I’ve had it for one year and have used it a lot of times in games and practices. I have never hit any home runs or anything but have helped my team out with big hits when they were needed. This bat is an orange and yellowish color. This bat is
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English Descriptive Writing The Orphanage The intimidating building brought terror through the walls. Moist beds from the children’s room from the endless nights of unnerving thoughts. The house represented nothing else but desperateness and loneliness. Happiness. The children will never achieve happiness. The house was distracting to all parents. The dull‚ dark walls took away the light from the depressed kids. It was like the light gave hope like a endless tunnel of loneliness with a spark of light
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Descriptive Writing As you enter the park by pushing its big black gate you can hear the shouting of kids and the air is filled with the voices of people. On the left and right hand side there are many trees with people sitting under them reading books or having picnics. In front there is a path that goes straight and then divides into two‚ one going to the left and the other to the right. If you take the right path you could hear the shouting of children louder than before. There are kids running
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