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What method of paragraph development does the writer use in the paragraph below (i.e. narration, exposition, description)? Defend your answer by describing how the paragraph is structured. Use the lesson explanations of narrative, descriptive, and expository paragraph structure to guide your answer.
Butter sizzles and smokes in the skillet. A golden cascade strikes hot metal with a glorious roar, rushing out in a seething, bubbling circle. A toasty brown aroma and the metallic scrape of a spatula prophesy, and my awakened stomach rumbles the "Amen." Breakfast time!
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The paragraph is a descriptive paragraph.
Why: descriptive paragraphs rely on vivid sensory detail and imagery to create a single strong impression, rather than telling a sequence of events (narration) or explaining/informing (exposition). The writer builds an impression of frying butter by layering sensory details and figurative language rather than giving steps or reasons.
How the paragraph is structured:
- It opens with a sensory statement in present tense: “Butter sizzles and smokes in the skillet.” This establishes the scene visually and aurally.
- The next sentence expands the image with a metaphor and active verbs: “A golden cascade strikes hot metal with a glorious roar, rushing out in a seething, bubbling circle.” That intensifies the visual and sound images.
- The following sentence adds more senses—smell and sound—“A toasty brown aroma and the metallic scrape of a spatula prophesy,” deepening the sensory experience.
- The paragraph closes with the narrator’s bodily reaction and a summary impression: “my awakened stomach rumbles the ‘Amen.’ Breakfast time!” This final sentence ties the sensory details into a single visceral response.
These elements—concentrated sensory description, figurative language, and the goal of creating an impression (the smell, sound, sight of butter frying and the hunger it triggers)—match the lesson’s definition of description rather than narration or exposition.
Why: descriptive paragraphs rely on vivid sensory detail and imagery to create a single strong impression, rather than telling a sequence of events (narration) or explaining/informing (exposition). The writer builds an impression of frying butter by layering sensory details and figurative language rather than giving steps or reasons.
How the paragraph is structured:
- It opens with a sensory statement in present tense: “Butter sizzles and smokes in the skillet.” This establishes the scene visually and aurally.
- The next sentence expands the image with a metaphor and active verbs: “A golden cascade strikes hot metal with a glorious roar, rushing out in a seething, bubbling circle.” That intensifies the visual and sound images.
- The following sentence adds more senses—smell and sound—“A toasty brown aroma and the metallic scrape of a spatula prophesy,” deepening the sensory experience.
- The paragraph closes with the narrator’s bodily reaction and a summary impression: “my awakened stomach rumbles the ‘Amen.’ Breakfast time!” This final sentence ties the sensory details into a single visceral response.
These elements—concentrated sensory description, figurative language, and the goal of creating an impression (the smell, sound, sight of butter frying and the hunger it triggers)—match the lesson’s definition of description rather than narration or exposition.
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