Descriptive essay
build your descriptive essay by using the outline below to generate ideas. add topic and subtopics to expand
your thinking
l subject
a topic
what event item or person do you wish to describe?
b. dominate impression
what one mood or quality do you wish to create for the audience?
c. thesis statement
what specifically will you "show" the audience? how will you make the audience aware of your
dominate impression in the thesis statement?
d. format
will your descriptive essay be subjective or objective? describe the topic using each of the five
senses
1. subjective
a. see
b. smell
c. hear
d. feel
e. taste
2. objective
a. see
b. smell
c. hear
d. feel
e taste

Read the following scene from trifles. mrs. peters. she was piecing a quilt. (she brings the large sewing basket, and they look at the bright pieces.) mrs. hale. it’s log cabin pattern. pretty, isn’t it? i wonder if she was goin’ to quilt or just knot it? (footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. the sheriff enters, followed by hale and the county attorney.) sheriff. they wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it. (the men laugh, the women look abashed.) county attorney (rubbing his hands over the stove). frank’s fire didn’t do much up there, did it? well, let’s go out to the barn and get that cleared up. (the men go outside.) how would a film version most likely emphasize the men’s emotions during this scene? by emphasizing the variety of props used by showing the men’s facial expressions by highlighting the characters’ costumes by focusing on the actions of the women