Introduction to Denise's House

The second piece to my e-portfolio I am going to include is “Denise’s House.” This essay is actually my very first MWA assignment during my second week of class. In this essay we had to show not tell the reader the environment, so they could picture it in there mind. Example of show not tell in my piece would be “The floor in the living room once had a rug, but it was removed sometime ago. The staples from the old rug are still in the floor ready to tear your toenails off if you walk barefoot.” I picked this piece because it is one of my favorite pieces of the quarter. I enjoyed learning how to use sensory details and descriptive paragraphs. I believe it made my writing richer and more interesting for the reader. I hope my descriptive writing grabs at your senses, as it did mine.