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Description Paper

Assignment Name: Description

Purpose:
To describe a situation with plenty of adjectives and adverbs in order to have the readers feel fully
present in a tactile, virtual world that constitutes part or all of your topic.

• Description is NOT a list of what is seen visually.
• Descriptions should be like life, and though life is visually rich, we have many other senses
  during an experience.
  The word "sensual" means "senses" and any good experience is a deep, rich immersion
  into all senses, not just one.
• The SIX senses (Caution: show us, don't tell us).
  
  

  Sense	Don't tell us...		Let us experience (show us) the sense
  Hearing	"I heard crows in the trees..."		"The crows cackled loudly in the trees"
  Touch	"I felt the wind on my skin..."		"The wind brushed against me..."
  Smell	"I could smell the Pine trees..."		"The scent of pine filled the air..."
  Taste	"I tasted strawberries..."		"The strawberries were slightly tart."
  Kinesthesia	"I could feel my muscles aching..."		"My calf muscles burned in pain as we walked"

  
  
  

• Write one entry 150 to 250 words long.
  • Use 5% links (thus 150 words has at least 8 links, 200 words has 10 links, 250 words has 13 links)
    • No encyclopedia or dictionary links
    • No image links
    • Links must be meaningful connections to meaningful webpages
  • Embed three pertinent images
    • Warning: hotlinking to images may result in them not appearing in your blog