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• 4) Idea Grouping (Elvis Presley, New York)
Dominant Impression
• the thesis (topic) of the essay which guides you in selecting details
• overall attitude, mood or feeling of the place being described
Week 17 Course Review
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• essay ( ) n. ( ) A short literary composition on a single subject, usually presenting the personal view of the author.
• Essay Types:
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• Every paragraph has its own topic sentence
• Every essay has an introductory paragraph
• The topic sentence in the introductory paragraph is called the thesis statement
• draws on all of the senses, not merely the visual.
• purpose is to enable the reader to
share the writer's sensory experience
of the subject.
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Examples of Descriptive Essays We Looked at in Class
• 2)Spatial-Order Description: Show the reader where things are located from your perspective.
• 3)Chronological order – describe
things in the order you see/saw
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Example Topic Sentences
The Middle Eastern Bazaar takes you back hundreds – even thousands – of years. The one I am thinking of….. (the thesis statement)
Descriptive Essay (person, place or thing)
Narrative Essay (Personal or Outside
Observer)
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Narration
• Narrative writing tells a story and describes events in chronological order.
sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She
thinks….. (the thesis statement)
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Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses
When writing a descriptive essay, the writer most often uses the simple present or present continuous tenses.
• The goal of narration is to tell a story or to describe the elements of an event.
Description
• used to create a vivid image of a person, place, or thing.
Place: “The Middle Eastern Bazaar”, “My Dormitory Room”
Thing: “My Maltese”
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Conventions of Descriptive Essays: Place
Methods of Organization
• 1) Appealing-to-the-Senses Description: Let the reader see, smell, hear, taste, and feel what you write in your essil after her
sister goes; she will stand hopelessly in
corners, homely and ashamed of the burn
scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her
• a descriptive essay is unified by the dominant impression it conveys (gives the reader)
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Topic Sentences
• A topic sentence contains the main idea upon which a paragraph is developed. Often it appears at (or near) the beginning of a paragraph, introducing the main idea and suggesting the direction that the paragraph will take. What follows a topic sentence are a number of supporting sentences that develop the main idea with specific details.
The simple present tense is used to discuss permanent situations and the frequency of events.