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Admissions Essay : Clear and Effective Guidelines on How to Write
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Most Important College Entrance Essay by Helen
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| You may
have heard someone say, "Write about your feelings." While that
is good advice, it may not be an easy task for every individual. A less
threatening place to start might be with the senses: sight, sound,
smell,
taste, and touch. Using the senses is an excellent strategy for
descriptive
writing.
There are
five senses. Let's try five assignments.
- SOUND - Imagine
that you were surfing when a storm blew in. The waves crashed in around
you as you tried desperately to get back to shore. You couldn't see
anything.
All you could hear was the roar of the waves. Describe that sound to
someone
who has never been surfing.
- SIGHT - Describe
a sunset to a blind man.
- SMELL - You
are lying in bed on Saturday morning when you awaken to the aroma of
coffee
percolating and bacon frying. The phone rings and you begin to tell
your
friend about the smells of breakfast cooking.
- TASTE - You
and your sister decide to concoct a new drink. You mix all the
carbonated
drinks in the refrigerator into your mom's blender. Then you add
strawberries,
bananas, tomatoes, and last night's leftover meatloaf. Last, you throw
in a raw egg, a cup of milk, and some ice. As the blender crushes the
mixture
into a drink, you and your sister argue over who will have to taste it
first. You lose. Describe the taste of that first swallow.
- TOUCH - Ever
touch a baby's skin? Describe how it feels. If you'd like, compare it
to
your own skin. How is it different?
Elementary:
One paragraph on each is plenty. Try to use at least one adjective in
each
sentence that helps your description be more vivid.
Junior High
and High School:
Write two or three paragraphs on each topic. Strive to use verbs that
are
descriptive, not just adjectives.
Example:
The scorching sun made our skin sweaty. ("made" isn't a very exciting
verb.)
Example:
The scorching sun sizzled the sweat on our skin. ("sizzled" paints a
more
graphic picture.)
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by: Copyright© Elaine
Ernst Schneider is a freelance
writer
and a teacher. She has been writing since high school and has published
articles, songs, and children's work. Presently, Elaine is a curriculum
author for Group Publishing and also writes the City Songs column for
www.newcolonist.com
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