Often I come across essays where even though a student answers the question
presented, it lacks detail and reasoning.
For example, if I asked
what you liked about the beach and you simply said, “sand,” I would walk away a
bit bored and wanting to know why. The same is true for your writing. If the
prompt provided for an essay poses a question, answer it and tell why. Give details and examples and
use descriptive language whenever you can.
“What do you like about the beach?”
“I like the sand best because I have
a shell collection and whenever we go to the shore, I look for colorful
additions to my set. I also enjoy building sand castles in the wet sand with my
little sister.”
Now this is s a full reason and
explanation. It also uses detail and
adjectives (descriptive language) to let the reader form a picture and
impression of his own.
Always tell more. Tell detail. Tell examples. Tell every last thing until there's nothing left to tell!
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