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 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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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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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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football‚ because he might inadvertently hurt the other kids.” Also remarkable is his red hair; it is thick‚ coarse to touch‚ and styled in an old-fashioned boy cut. Hardly a person can pass Jay without rubbing his head for good luck‚ and saying “Where’d you get that hair?” Jay’s chubby face is fair‚ with freckles lightly dotting his exceptionally boyish features. His eyes are brown‚ and his eyebrows black; in fact‚ white‚ in contrast with his red hair. His lips are full and somewhat feminine‚ and his newly-grown
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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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HOW TO FORGET SOMEONE YOU LOVE How do we forget someone that has been a part of our lives for a quite some time? We find it hard at times when we actually want to forget them but still can’t because they’ve been “something” to us. Some get depressed‚ and some get stressed out with the things around them some get drunk and put their selves to trouble just to forget the hurt that they feel. But where do they end up? Some in the jail for their stupidity‚ some are stuck in the past and don’t
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world’s longest Christmas season for celebrating it as early as September last until third Sunday of January. Filipinos hand on Christmas decorations‚ buying early gifts; doing caroling‚ and preparing a lot for Christmas. Every evening of this season‚ you will see beautiful lights and creative paroles‚ hearing Christmas songs along the way‚ and smelling different native delicacies offered by the vendors in the streets. Caroling starts in December. Children in small groups go from house to house to sing
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teacher finishes up with his beatings and yells out‚ “Getting 50% and under is unacceptable!” The sudden scream from the teacher scares me as my hands squeeze together. “I am calling each and every single of your parents and letting them know the shame you brought to my class‚” he shouts. The day ends with me lying on my bed trying to fall asleep as the crying of my classmates haunts my brain making me uncomfortable. After two hours‚ I am finally able to get some sleep. Next morning‚ I feel pain from
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