Descriptive Memoir Essay

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Heceta Head State Park (which includes Devils Elbow State Park) is located in a cove at the mouth of Cape Creek. The light at top of 56-foot tower was illuminated in 1894.

Place:

Devil’s Elbow Beach on the central Oregon coast.

Once you’ve found your topic, make a list of its qualities/characteristics and your feelings about the place/event:

Steps in the Description Writing Process

Characteristics/Emotions:

Ragged

Stony

Bleak

Cold

Beautiful

Grey

Windy

Austere

~~Fun~~

~~Pleasant~~

Only use the qualities that help support a central impression. Then, express your feelings about the place/event and its qualities/characteristics in a thesis statement:

Thesis:

The cold, stony shoreline of Devil’s Elbow Beach can be bleak, but it has a ragged beauty.

Notice I’ve used specific words from my brainstorm in my thesis.

Organize your ideas into separate paragraphs and add details for the body of the essay. Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence followed by a list of details to include. The outline should not look like a rough draft:

Body:

1. The craggy cliff overlooked the beach and closed it off from the world.

a. lighthouse

i. color--weathered white with a red top

ii. field-grassy, well kept with a white fence

b. Trail

i. Giant Trees

ii. muddy path

1. The trail leading up the cliff to the lighthouse was like a scary witch beckoning me to come into her dark cottage.

iii. cold shadows