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• Steps
• Part 1 of 3: Think about your essay topics
• Part 2 of 3: Make a plan
• Part 3 of 3: Write an Interesting Opening

A descriptive essay should give the reader a clear idea of ​​a person, object, place or event. The essay must provide detailed descriptions and vivid tangible details. A descriptive essay may turn out to be homework or a desire to try your hand at a short literary form. First, you need to think about the topics and plan your essay. Then write an interesting opening to grab the reader's attention.

Steps

Part 1 of 3: Think about your essay topics

1. 1 Choose a personality. One possible topic for a descriptive essay is a person who evokes certain feelings. Describe your mentor, friend, parent, or role model. For example, choose a very close person who was close to you during the formation of your personality (mom or dad). Describe a person with whom you are not familiar, but admire his personal qualities or achievements (favorite football player).
   • In a narrative essay for university admission, you can talk about a person who has become your role model or mentor. Be sure to mention why he is so important to you and what you learned from this person.
2. 2 Select an item. A subject that is important or valuable to you is another suitable topic for a descriptive essay. Write about a subject from your childhood or adolescence. Describe your favorite or least favorite subject. Inform about the intangible value of the selected item or important personal value.
   • For example, choose your favorite children's toy as the theme for your essay. Describe this toy. Share what she meant to you as a child.
3. 3 Choose a location. Use a significant or important place as a topic. This could be your hometown, your bedroom, your favorite corner at school. You can also write about the ideal place or corner of the world that you want to visit.
   • For example, pick the most beautiful place you've ever been.Describe your feelings in this place and the mood that arises there.
4. 4 Select an event. Choose a significant event and turn it into the theme of your essay. This event could have happened recently or many years ago. Write about an incident that influenced you or changed your views.
   • For example, describe your visit to the hospital with a loved one or the first meeting with a friend.

Part 2 of 3: Make a plan

1. 1 Chronological order. Make a plan in chronological order over time. The narrative will move from one scene to the next, describing events and situations in the order in which they occur. This outline is perfect for writing an event or memory. The draft plan will look something like this:
   • Paragraph 1: Introduction;
   • Paragraph 2: Scene 1;
   • Paragraph 3: Scene 2;
   • Paragraph 4: Scene 3;
   • Paragraph 5: Conclusion and Conclusions;
   • Each scene can span more than one paragraph, or the number of paragraphs can be the same as the number of points in the outline.
2. 2 Spatial structure. This outline follows spatial order, and your essay is divided into paragraphs according to the setting. The movement of the plot in such an essay resembles the work of a cameraman in a film and gives details of each place. A plan like this is perfect for describing a significant place. Schematic view of the plan:
   • Paragraph 1: Introduction;
   • Paragraph 2: Location 1;
   • Paragraph 3: Location 2;
   • Paragraph 4: Position 3;
   • Paragraph 5: Conclusion and Conclusions.
3. 3 The climax sequence. In this case, the points of the plan are arranged in order of importance from the least important to the most significant moment. Thanks to this, the most important or tense moment in the plot falls on the end of the composition. A similar outline is applicable to any topic, be it a person, object, place, or event. Schematic view of the plan:
   • Paragraph 1: Introduction;
   • Paragraph 2: Least important details and details;
   • Paragraph 3: More important details and details;
   • Paragraph 4: Key details and details;
   • Paragraph 5: Conclusion and Conclusions.
4. 4 Write a thesis. The thesis will be required regardless of the type of essay structure chosen. The main statement is contained in the first paragraph and is repeated in the final part of the essay. A competent thesis communicates a key idea or topic and serves as a kind of map for navigating the rest of the text of the essay.
   • For example, choosing an example to follow as your theme, write something like this: “On that day, thanks to her behavior in one of the lessons, I learned to abstract from negativity and believed in my artistic abilities.”

Part 3 of 3: Write an Interesting Opening

1. 1 Write an intriguing first sentence. Come up with captivating opening lines to grab the reader's attention immediately. Start your essay with a vivid description of a place, event, object, or person. You can also share your emotions at the moment you first meet such a place, object, person, or feelings during an event. Immediately put the reader in the thick of things.
   • For example, write about when an important object first appeared in your hands: “When this porcelain doll with shining blue eyes first fell into my hands, I immediately vowed to protect it, even at the cost of my own life.”
2. 2 Provide context and background information. Briefly describe your chosen topic so that the reader understands the context. Provide information that will allow you to understand the full importance of the item, place, event or memory. It is the context that helps to understand the feelings and emotions of the author, to see the world through his eyes.
   • For example, briefly describe the importance of the subject based on your knowledge and experience at the time. Write: “I never had my own doll before, so other girls often played with dolls on the playground, and I had to wait up to five years for that moment.”
3. 3 Engage sensory details. A very important element of a good descriptive essay is an abundance of detail that allows you to engage the five senses: smell, taste, touch, sight and hearing. Fill the first paragraph with lots of sensual detail. Describe the sounds around you or how you taste. Talk about the smell of the item and how it feels. Recreate the detailed view of the place.
   • For example, instead of saying “The doll was beautiful,” use sensual details. “The doll was gentle to the touch and pleasantly cold hands. She exuded the scent of flowers and baby powder. When I hugged her to me, the doll made a quiet sound. "
4. 4 Try to show, not tell. At the beginning of the essay, you need to show the reader the scene, and not tell about it. Do not use a stingy reporting of events and do not limit yourself to one action. Use sensual details and bright colors so that the reader can feel like you are in your place, relive this event, moment or memory with you.
   • For example, describe your childhood experiences as a parent: “The best moments from my childhood were dents, scratches and marks on the walls of the parental home. We left them with our brother and sister as we ran and played fooling around carelessly. ”
   • If you are describing a person, then demonstrate his character by the example of actions, and do not say sparingly how he should be perceived.
   • For example, write: “My first teacher taught me compassion because she constantly found time to study with me after school. I sat next to her on a small wooden chair, took out a pen from a pencil case and listened to her explain the conjugation of verbs to me. Her voice sounded firm and decisive, but at the same time he was full of patience. "