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Descriptive Techniques in Literature, 2002.
An assessment of four stories to examine how descriptive techniques are used to create memorable characters.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper assesses the writing techniques that are found in the short descriptive essays of "Po- Po" by Eric Liu, "Caught in the Widow's Web" by Gordon Grice, "Nameless, Tennessee" by William Least Heat Moon, and "The Inheritance of Tools" by Scott Russell Sanders. Through describing these techniques, the reader is made aware of the variety of literary devices that are used to form a cohesive story. An emphasis on characterization - or the techniques that the authors use to convey the natures of their characters - is the descriptive technique that is investigated in this paper.
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Descriptive Writing Assignment, 2007.
A creative essay using descriptive writing to illustrate a scene in a grocery store.
958 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 34.95
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This example of descriptive writing highlights the author's perceptions of a woman in a grocery store. The essay's narrator describes her late night trip to the grocery store and a young mother she encounters there. The author speculates on the young mother's situation and her character, comparing it to how she raised her own children. The narrator concludes by seeing the commonalities in the young mother's situation and her own, despite the differences in their stages of life.
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"Her voice was rich, surprisingly rich, and husky, but it sounded tired, too, like the troubles of the world weighed it down. She pushed away a strand of hair again and reached into her bag for her wallet. She looked at the cart, glanced at the contents of the wallet, and shrugged to herself. I so wanted to hand her a twenty and tell her to buy the roast and the ground beef, but I knew in my heart she would never take a handout from a stranger. She probably wouldn't even take one from her own family. It was clear she was proud and struggling as she gathered her brood together and headed for the check stands."
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The Room of Shallow Minds, 1999.
A descriptive, creative English piece.
868 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 30.95
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A creative English piece written as a commentary against the strangulation of the 'American Dream,' the grey monotony of the middle path. Set in a miscellaneous school room, the piece focuses on disassociated, descriptive imagery to convey the hopelessness these youths already face. Three students' internal thoughts are specifically focused on, with each displaying a different hopelessness contained and created within their own society.
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"The room was silent and the students breathed while their hearts beat within their chests. Their unconscious dreams swelled and fell within the background of their minds as these dreams painted expectations of life to come. An education, a pass in final school years, a rewarding job, an eventual happy family. A nice gravestone."
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The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side, 2002.
A descriptive essay on the sensations of mowing the lawn.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This is a humorous essay that describes a day of mowing the lawn using the five senses (smell, taste, touch, sight, and sound) required when writing a descriptive essay.
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"I woke up this morning in dread knowing that today was the day I had to cut the grass in my back yard. Slowly, I dragged myself out of bed. I reached over to grab my worn sneakers. I was not looking forward to this day. I always dread having to mow the lawn in the hot Texas sun. I looked over to the clock. The steady red light illuminated the numbers ?7:10.? Seven o?clock in the morning. I knew that by now the temperature outside was 75 degrees if I was lucky since most of the time it is 80 degrees as soon as the sun comes up."
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"Crime and Punishment", 2005.
An analysis of the descriptive detail in "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper examines the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The paper describes the way in which Dostoevsky paid great attention to graphic detail and description when he created the setting and literary atmosphere of this classic novel. Careful study of Dostoevsky's prose style reveals the literary power unleashed by his graphic descriptions of scenes and characters that help to define Dostoevsky's view of the meaning of life, the nature of good and evil and the role of free will.
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"Crime and Punishment: An Analysis of Descriptive Elements In Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky paid great attention to graphic detail and description when he created the setting and literary atmosphere of this classic novel. Careful study of Dostoevsky's prose style reveals the literary power unleashed by his graphic descriptions of scenes and characters. These scenes help define Dostoevsky's view of the meaning of life, the nature of good and evil, and the role of free will, which are important throughout the novel and are repeatedly expressed through setting, descriptive narrative, characterization, and plot structure. "
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My Neighborhood, 2002.
A descriptive essay describing the author's neighborhood.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 23.95
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The author of this essay writes in a descriptive way, centering on how quaint the neighborhood is and its positive and negative points. The paper is written in a semi-humorous manner.
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"At first glance the condominiums my family resides in would appear an average peaceful Germantown community that resembles a neighborhood the elderly move into after retirement. However, the old saying ?looks can be deceiving? comes to mind when viewing this village from a young adult?s perceptive. After visiting, a young adult would be certain that three things never change here: the neighbors? constant urge to complain about anything they see or come about, the constant reminder of childhood days, and the cozy neighborhood store."
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Alice Walker, 2006.
This paper reviews and analyzes the descriptive literary techniques used in various works of writing by African-American author Alice Walker.
1,370 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses the African-American themes and images that are prevalent in Walker's writings. The writer contends and explains the irony in the title, "Her Sweet Jerome," which deals with the fact that Jerome is beating his wife. This paper analyzes Walker's descriptive literary techniques which gives the reader a feeling for the narrator right away. This paper discusses the manner in which Walker sets the reader up coyly, prior to giving away the fact that Jerome is in fact a wife-beater, a bad guy who is totally taking advantage of his wife. This paper also delves into Walker's novel, "The Welcome Table, in which the author packs the story full of typical stereotypes relevant to aging black women. This paper details the plots and characters of both novels while also discussing the manner in which Walker points out, in her writings, how prejudice against African-Americans, can create all kinds of negative images and stereotypes in the minds of racists.
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"All these descriptions are stereotypes that people have of an old black woman, and Walker packs this story with descriptions of those stereotypes. The reader has a whole lot of images to plug into, to take one's pick up, in sizing up this woman. How could some people see "riotous anarchists looting and raping in the streets" when they saw this sad old women? How could others see "jungle orgies in an evil place"? The truth is, Walker is pointing out how prejudice against a race of people, in this case, African-Americans, can create all kinds of negative images and stereotypes in the minds of racists. When they see an old black woman, they think of riots, because some black inner city communities have burned down during riots? So, they link the color of a woman's skin with all the negative images they have in their heads about blacks?"
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