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The Descriptive Essay

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The Descriptive Essay

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    1. The Descriptive Essay ENG 101

    3. First, the due dates . . . (this is all on your handout) TTAPP due: Tuesday, September 6th Prewriting due: Wednesday, September 7th Rough Draft: First Round: 2 copies Thursday, September 8th Second Round: 1 Copy Monday, September 12th (On 9/8 and 9/9 we will complete a first round of editing, and then you will take your edited copy home, revise and edit one more time. You will bring in that updated version on 9/12 for a final round of editing. ?) Final Draft: Wednesday, September 14th On the day your final draft is due, you will need to turn in: Approved TTAPP Three edited rough drafts (self and two peer) Final Draft Your paper will also be due to turnitin.com on or before 11:59pm on September 14th!

    4. Your Descriptive Writing Prompt What do you know for sure? You will follow the format that we went over in class and create your own: What I Know For Sure passage. You will be telling a story about yourself, and opening it up to a bigger life lesson. Be sure you choose an event in your life that has made some sort of impact on you your purpose here is that you will strive to create intensely vivid images in your readers mind by showing rather then telling.

    5. Your Descriptive Writing Prompt The pattern that you will use is: Intro Start with an amazing attention getter! Be in the moment! Dont be all sing songy! Body Paragraph - Personal Story and What I know for sure (Your What I know for sure will be the last line of your body paragraph! You will also bold those words.) Conclusion - Big Picture Overview What do you want people to walk away knowing? What life lesson are you sharing? Intro: 6-8 sentences Body Paragraph: 10-12 sentences Conclusion: 6-8 sentences

    6. The details What do you have to include? 10 vocabulary words, underlined from lessons 1-3 2 similes highlight and label the color for me somewhere 2 metaphors highlight and label the color for me somewhere No more than five copula! You will circle your five copula. Any additional copula will result in a point deduction! Think carefully as you craft your sentences!

    7. You will want to label everything: similes, metaphors, vocabulary and highlight your thesis. Please do this for your rough draft as well as your final draft!

    10. How do I put in a header? (yes, we will know if it is not an inch down!)

    17. If you have an older version of word please let me know what I can do to help you and format this correctly! ?

    18. Formatting You do NOT need a title page!

    20. How do I get my TTAPP approved? Email Miss Koblinski: ckoblinski@pecschools.org Tuesday and Wednesday are work days! You can work on TTAPP, prewriting, and begin composing!

    21. Okay, how bout that TTAPP? Purpose: To describe. Audience: Tone: Point of View: (1) and Thesis

    22. Heres an example. Purpose: To describe the time when I found a Starbucks in the middle of Berlin.

    23. Heres an example. Audience: People who have a great affinity for Starbucks.

    24. Heres an example. Tone: Humorous

    25. Heres an example. Point of View: 1st person, someone who has a difficult time living without having Starbucks on a daily basis.

    26. Heres an example. Thesis: Beneath the shadow of the infamous Brandenburg Gate, I found what would bring dreary Berlin truly alive for me.

    27. Just a little thesis info . . .

    28. Remember, there are two Parts to your thesis Your limited subject Your point of view (or attitude) about that subject

    29. Example: Two young and inexperienced boys can get themselves into a heap of trouble when theyre dealing with a car and trying to impress a girl at the same time.

    30. Example: Two young and inexperienced boys can get themselves into a heap of trouble when theyre dealing with a car and trying to impress a girl at the same time.

    31. Turnitin.com

    32. Look at your policy!

    33. Rough Drafts! If 2 copies are required, 1 copy is the same as 0 Needs all the minimum requirements Label everything! Underline vocab! Do not ask in class to print it out, dont ask to go to the office to make copies! Come prepared! Bring your best possible draft!

    34. A Few More Hints: Lay out a chain of events that can be easily followed. Imagine yourself as a camera. On what objects in a room does your lens focus? What is the rationale for it doing so?

    35. A Few More Hints: Never resort to clichs. Always look for fresh forms of expression. Consult a thesaurus to this end. Rather than say, he is the strong, silent type, write, He towered above me, the tops of his shoulders almost brushing against the door frame.

    36. A Few More Hints: Use specific, concrete language. Avoid abstractions. Use more informal, conversational words than you would in an academic essay. Go, on occasion, for the bizarre and memorable. Use specific and strong action verbs as much as possible. Dont say, She ran up the hill, when you could say, She scrambled drunkenly up the hill. Instead of saying he was experiencing great anxiety, say his wife found him lying on the floor spending the entire afternoon breaking off the heels of literally hundreds of his wifes shoes with a pair of pliers. He did so in a desperate attempt to keep her from leaving him.

    37. A Few More Hints: Avoid overusing to be forms when you can. Dont say, He is an incessant talker, when you could say, He talks incessantly. Avoid the copula: is, am, was, were, be being, been, have, has, had. Remember: You only get 5 copula!

    38. Common Problems and things to ponder . . . Weak attention getter- draw your reader in, woo him or her and make him want to do nothing more than read on! Shady pronouns. Write out numbers less than one hundred. Too many I statements. Intro is too wishy washy. Dont put quotation marks around words for emphasis! Have an engaging title! Think about how semicolons are used! Dont just throw them in there! Be sure your thesis statements and topic sentences can stand on their own! Watch agreement issues! Dont say: Many people understand how to be afraid even if she doesnt know it. Always show and dont just tell! Check your vocabulary words! Be sure you are using them correctly! Dont just throw them in there. Do not start sentences with: and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet. Keep your body paragraphs balanced! Always opt for stronger, more vibrant words! Use a thesaurus BUT avoid vocabulary vomit!

    39. The key to this essay: Dont tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. Anton Chekhov

    40. One more thing. . . .

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