Writing Homework Help

University of Michigan Writing a Description Examples

 

  • Description 1: Describe any important object or item that you associate with a recent experience that reminded you how much your identity (something associated with your race/ethnicity, gender expression, or class background) influences your choices OR how people interact with you. (word count 150+)

For example, I might describe a pair of heeled shoes. As a tall (6′) woman, wearing heels is more fraught than it is for shorter women because our culture equates femininity with being small, something I literally cannot do due to how my genetics express themselves. This relates to my gender expression as I am a CIS woman.

  • Description 2: Describe a specific place or location that you associate with a recent experience that reminded you how much your identity (something associated with your race/ethnicity, gender expression, or class background) influences your choices OR how people interact with you. (word count 150+)
  • Description 3: Describe a specific person (or type of person) or other creature that you associate with a recent experience that reminded you how much your identity (something associated with your race/ethnicity, gender expression, or class background) influences your choices OR how people interact with you.(word count 150+)