The purpose of descriptive writing is to make our readers see‚ feel‚ and hear what we have seen‚ felt‚ and heard. Whether we’re describing a person‚ a place‚ or a thing‚ our aim is to reveal a subject through vivid and 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
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Descriptive Paragraph 28‚ January‚ 2012 Nia Nia is my wife and I’s female Pitt Bull dog. She weighs about forty eight pounds‚ and stands approximately two feet high‚ and is twelve years old. Nia‚ has a unique fur coat‚ she is brindle and white. Nia’s‚ brindle fur coat is a black and brownish gold pattern. The right side of her face is solid white and the left side is a beautiful brindle. The two colors are evenly and perfectly split down the middle of her face‚ which makes her look like she
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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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David Best Descriptive Paragraph Hunting has been a favorite and exciting hobby of mine all my life‚ and the excitement never seems to fade away. I hunt for turkey‚ duck‚ coyote‚ deer‚ hogs‚ and othersmall game animals. Out of everything I hunt‚ ducks would have to be at the top of the list. Every opening weekend of duck season‚ my closest friends and cousins ‚ come camping with my dad and I at the Altamaha River outside of a small town called Uvalda. I have looked forward to this weekend
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ERROL WYNSTAN A. RODRIGUEZ August 15‚ 2012 2012-09086 ENG 1 WFX2 2:30-4:00 pm DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY THAT LUSCIOUS SALAGUBANG My father is a small time farmer whose taste for exotic foods has been proverbial. Each month‚ he has a list of rare recipes he used to boast about. For example‚ last January‚ he caught a big monitor lizard which he cooked into a very aromatic adobo. I never tried to imagine myself the secrets of his cooking and the condiments that thrilled
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day of Christmas‚ we attend Misa de Aguinaldo which is usually attended by the whole family. It is main reason of celebrating Jesus Christ’s birth for Catholics. It is like the main event of the year. We are also used to have Christmas parties in school‚ offices‚ or in family reunions. It may be on or before the Christmas day or sometimes happened in post-Christmas celebration too. Christmas season is indeed exciting and fun in Philippines but the real spirit of Christmas for Filipinos are sharing
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concentrate on my legs as I suddenly wake up. The dorm supervisor wakes us up with his rod at 6:30 in the morning. While I fold my bed and brush my teeth‚ the supervisor rushes us and shouts‚ “Hurry up! Lazy bums!” We sloppily get ready and jog to the main school building. Terrified‚ I step into the classroom and notice that a quarter of the class didn’t show up. I wait for the teacher‚ convincing myself that it won’t be the teacher from yesterday. I wait patiently as I hear footsteps approaching the classroom
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My eight year old brother‚ Jay‚ stands out in a crowd of children because of his distinctive appearance and gentle manner. The first thing I notice when I look at him is his height. He stands at shoulder height next to me; indeed‚ he is a head taller than other children his age‚ and is definitely stronger. His weight is a hefty 121 pounds; without a doubt‚ he weighs forty pounds more than other children in his grade level. Recently‚ my dad signed him up for flag football‚ where he was told: “It is
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SUDDEN TURN OF EVENTS Those cruel words had dug right into my heart‚ as if someone had stabbed me at that moment. Her eyes were frosty deep blue‚ she had blond hair the smell of divine cherry‚ and her perfume of sweet vanilla. As I walked away from her you could hear the creeks of the floor as I took each step down that colorless hall. When I entered our room; I could almost remember every single one of our happiest moments. As I started to weep silently I got out one of the traveling bags
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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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