Writing Homework Help

I’m working on a english multi-part question and need a sample draft to help me learn.

1. The author includes a lot of descriptive details in the essay. What is the effect of these descriptive details? In other words, when reading this article like a writer, what do you think these descriptions accomplish?

2. What is your favorite descriptive detail in the article “Where Wonder Lives”? Why is this your favorite? Why do you think it is effective?

3. Obviously this is a story about much more than just the place/view being described. What larger ideas/themes are being explored? How does the author use their descriptions of a very specific place to introduce and explore these other themes?