Descriptive Essay

The most memorable events that I experienced on my trip to Alaska with my family waswere going on a cruise, looking out at God's beautiful creation, and seeing different animals. The cruise ship that had led us to an island did not amaze me as much seeing the unique animals in the deep ocean. The ocean gave off a fresh aroma. Everything around me was so beautiful it did not even feel real. People were loading into a big white cruise ship called, ¨Nunatak¨ from the wooden dock by the emerald…

Discuss what descriptive statistics were used well in the Coffman article Descriptive statistics are is by researchers to describe, compare, and to characterize a relationship. (Polit, 2010) “Descriptive Statistics are used to present quantitative and qualitative descriptions in a manageable form” (Trochim, 2006). Coffman study on the the effects of tangible social support and depression on diabetes self efficacy in Hispanic older adults, demonstrated appropiate and good use of descriptive…

manipulation and control to examine a cause and effect relationships . Experimental methods help us make discoveries on the “why” of behavior. Conversely, descriptive methods take place in a more natural setting. Descriptive methods help researchers depict a person or group through direct observation. Sylwester and Purver (2015) used the descriptive method to collect data. Their methods would not apply to experimental methods because it did not require manipulation just the observation of…

Descriptive representation is representation based on a qualitative aspect outside of a constituent’s political ideology. Canon summarizes the idea of what qualities are present in descriptive representation, stating “does the member of Congress ‘look like’ the constituent?” The primary factor in descriptive representation is appearance. In contrast, substantive representation is the ideological representation of a constituent. Within the context of Canon’s Race, Redistricting, and…

I was in the center of a great gothic church almost entirely made up of grey stone. Surrounding the church and in little bits within the interior there was a rough seaweed like moss that hung from the stone or grew up from the yard that was in shades of bright pink and apple green. It did not occur to me right away what I was doing there as I scanned up and down the assembly of well dressed people sitting in folding chairs, since the church did not have pews. At the entrance before entering…

It had been the ninth time that I had smoothed out the not existent wrinkles on my dress. I was nervous. He was going to get married today. Just the thought of it made my heart ache, so I just stood there, in front of my mirror. I looked down at my dress. It was a nice royal blue. I looked back up at my eyes. They hadn't shined in years, but I didn't care. It had become a regular part of my life. My eyes shifted and glanced at the clock hanging on my wall and realized that it was time to go. I…

There are five major archaeological paradigms, which include the Speculative Period that took place from 1492-1840, the Classificatory-Descriptive Period that took place from 1840-1914, the Classificatory-Historical Period that took place from 1914-1940, the New (Processual) Period that took place in the 1960’s up to the 1980’s, and the Post-Processualism that took place 1980 and present. During each period there were different interpretations of what archaeology was, there were new ideas of…

Descriptive Writing: ‘The Lottery’ Silence. Uncomfortable silence followed her death. Storm clouds hovered in the stunned sky, reflecting everyone’s mood. She lay in the center of the crowd, her body twisted and contorted, forming graceless angles. Her auburn hair was scattered in multiple places, stained with blood. Her eyes were wide open, but her pupils seemed to be brimming with bitter melancholy. I glanced away from her bloodstained frame, her screams still resounding in my ears.…

“The Wood-pile” vs. “Lines Written in Early Spring” Poetry can be difficult to understand when you first begin to really read and try to understand to all the underlying things the author has done. It is only through persistence and multiple re-reads that all the a reader will fully understand not only what it is the author is saying, but also why they chose the particular form and diction. Many poets use poetry as a way to describe a feeling or emotion they feel, almost like they…

Moral relativism is a commonly held position among many. This could be due to the regard for the value of tolerance or the truth in descriptive moral relativism. But my argument will be against meta-ethical moral relativism: there exists moral truths but these truths are not absolutes but relative. If morality is relative, there is no ultimate right or wrong. Because, there isn’t an objective point of reference to differentiate between right and wrong. If one were to examine subjective morals,…