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Instructions: Please write a 3-page descriptive essay on the topic “THE HOUSE OF MY DREAMS”

Be creative with your language. Build up your powers of description. Have fun.

Include the following items:

1) Diction (Word Choice) Choose stronger words in Microsoft’s thesaurus (select a word, right click it, select thesaurus, select a stronger word)

2) Metaphors (describing one thing in terms of another thing) Example: He ran like a rabbit. Example: He had a lot of bark but no bite.

3) Parallel Construction (describing things in a series [in parallel]) Example: We want a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Format: Times New Roman font, 12 pt. size, double-spaced, 1-inch margins.