Your childhood bedroom
Choose one of the following topics for your descriptive paragraph.
An object you cherish
Your childhood bedroom
Your worst enemy
A stranger in a crowd
A funny memory
A favorite place
Your first car
Make an informal list of all the details you can think of related to your topic. A listing template is provided. Look over your list and consider which details are the most descriptive, and the most effective for your main idea.
Write a fully developed paragraph in which you describe your topic using only the most effective descriptions from your list.
Your final paragraph should be in MLA format (see page 344), have a clear topic sentence, include developed ideas to support the topic sentence, and a final wrap-up, or summary statement, as well as transitions throughout (T.E.S.T.). In total, it should be 8-11 sentences long.
