Description
1. Choose one of the following topics for your descriptive essay.
A baseball, football, or soccer stadium
A beach, a lakefront, or other natural setting during a particular season
The best (or worst) meal I have ever eaten
A farmer’s market or a shopping mall
A favorite nature spot or scene
A hobby I enjoy doing
A memorable event
A person you cherish or admire
A place of worship such as a church, chapel, synagogue, or temple
A ride at a theme part or an exhibit at a zoo or museum
A road trip
A waiting room in a hospital or an airport
My first day at work
My first or worst car or apartment
2. Complete the remainder of the worksheet.
Topic
that is selected (It should be a specific one: for example, a waiting room at Express Care in Miami, Oklahoma): ______________________________________________________________________________
Three specific points
each of which will be developed with sensory details in each body paragraph, respectively (three points for the first car: the exterior, the interior, and the drive) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Dominant Impression or thesis (on the final draft, a clearly stated thesis should be placed as the last sentence of the introduction): __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Introduction
(about 5 sentences; choose one of the suggestions listed on pages 165-66, mainly one of the four: asking questions without using “you,” beginning with a “dramatic or engaging anecdote,” stating “a commonly held misconception,” or addressing the familiar ideas and then narrowing down to your own specific topic):
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Organizational method of the three main points
to support the dominant impression (least-to-most, chronological, or spatial): _______________
Body Paragraph 1
(at least 10 sentences)
Point 1: _______________________________________________________________________
Topic sentence: ________________________________________________________________
Organizational method of sensory details: _________________________________________
Supporting sensory details:
Detail 1: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 2: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 3: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 4: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 5: ______________________________________________________________________
Body Paragraph 2
(at least 10 sentences)
Point 2: ______________________________________________________________________
Topic sentence: ________________________________________________________________
Organizational method of the sensory details: _________________________________________
Supporting sensory details:
Detail 1: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 2: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 3: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 4: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 5: ______________________________________________________________________
Body Paragraph 3
(at least 10 sentences)
Point 3: ______________________________________________________________________
Topic sentence: ________________________________________________________________
Organizational method of the sensory details: _________________________________________
Supporting sensory details:
Detail 1: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 2: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 3: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 4: ______________________________________________________________________
Detail 5: ______________________________________________________________________
Conclusion
(about 3 to 5 sentences; choose one of the suggestions listed on page 166-67, mainly taking “the scope and time frame” of the topic, addressing broader implications, or emphasizing the dominant impression without “directly” restating it) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________