Descriptive Essays
A Brief Guide to Writing Descriptive Essays
There are
several methods writers use to describe something in an
essay. They may
choose vivid, fresh language, or they may use examples, or they might take
something ordinary
and by comparing it with something extraordinary, make it interesting, or
they may use their senses.
When someone asks you to describe something, the first step you might take
is to jot down the first words that come to you. If I say "egg," for
instance, you might write
down the following string of associations: "round, white, brown, fresh,
scrambled, farmer, chicken, goose, over-easy." But another student might
write down "ostrich," while yet another chooses "dinosaur." Then a medical
student might chime in with "ovulation, zygote, baby." At some point,
someone else may take it a step further and mention "fragility."
The point
is that the one little word "egg" can conjure up a number of associations,
all coming at the subject in a different way. So when you are asked to
describe an event or a person, start with the obvious, but don't stay
there.
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