Mt. Pinos, a hiking trail a couple miles West of Frazier Park.
2. What will be the dominant impression your essay will evoke?
The dominant impression of my essay will be the therapeutic benefits of the "great outdoors" and how being outside is enjoyable.
3. What narrative perspective will you choose?
First-person ("I" or "we")? The first-person perspective provides a sense of intimacy.
Second-person ("you")? The second-person perspective provides a sense of immediacy.
Third-person ("he," "she," "it," "they")? The third-person perspective provides a sense of objectivity.
First-person ("I" or "we")? The first-person perspective provides a sense of intimacy.
Second-person ("you")? The second-person perspective provides a sense of immediacy.
Third-person ("he," "she," "it," "they")? The third-person perspective provides a sense of objectivity.
Each perspective is acceptable, but each perspective will shape the essay in a different way. Regardless of the perspective you choose, be consistent.
Reread the "Profile" attachment on Blackboard for clarification with the next questions.
Reread the "Profile" attachment on Blackboard for clarification with the next questions.
First person.
4. What will be your "Beginning"?
Describing the beautiful scenery of the hike.
5. How will you structure your "Middle"?
Letting the reader know how much fun the hike is and how great it made me feel.
6. What will you use in your "Conclusion"?
I will conclude by convincing the reader to partake in such events.
7. How will you use dialogue?
My dialogue will describe Mt. Pinos vividly and make the reader either want to go or feel as if they have already been.
8. What "Characters" will your essay feature?
There will be little characters as my profile will focus on a vacation from the everyday grind. But it will possibly include my dog, my fiance, and the occasional fellow hiker.
9. What "Illuminating Details and Anecdotes" will you use?
I will be extremely detailed in my description of Mt. Pinos but it will be impossible to completely describe the screen without going on and on so I must be weary of that.
10. How will you use all (or most of) the senses? What visual images will you use? What auditory images? What tactile images? What gustatory images (tastes)? What olfactory images (smells)?
For visual images I will describe the drive, green trees, the soil, and sometimes the snow. For auditory I will describe the sound of the wind through the trees. Tactile- the feel of the soil beneath my feet while hiking the trail, the crisp fresh air on my skin. Gustatory- none that I can think of. Olfactory- the smell of fresh pine trees.
11. What verb tense will you use? Past tense? Present tense?I will use past tense
Nice work, Jordan! In terms of dialog, just quote something memorable your fiance said. As far as gustatory imagery, did you drink any water along the hike? Eat anything? I know that when I go hiking, nothing tastes as good as a piece of fruit. I went hiking yesterday, and I took along some apricots: they were succulent, luscious orbs of sun and honey. (That's a bit over-the-top, but you get the point).
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