Describe a smartphone to a time traveler from the 1900s

Descriptive Essay

Descriptive Essay Topics: Place

1. Describe your favorite place.

2. Describe your ideal bedroom.

3. Describe the house in which you grew up.

4. Describe what the first house on the moon would look like.

5. Describe some of your favorite places in your hometown.

6. Describe a peaceful place that you’ve visited.

7. Describe a place that exists only in your imagination.

8. Describe a friend’s or family member’s house where you enjoy spending time.

9. Describe your perfect fantasy vacation destination.

10. Describe your favorite store.

11. Describe your favorite teacher’s classroom.

12. Describe a museum that you’ve visited recently.

13. Describe a place you have dreamed about that doesn’t exist in real life.

14. Describe a place where your pet likes spending time.

15. Describe an outdoor place that you know well.

Descriptive Essay Topics: People

1. Describe your favorite person.

2. Describe each of your family members.

3. Describe a famous person that you would like to meet.

4. Describe one of your friends.

5. Describe one aspect of someone that you like (for example: laugh, style of dress, words that the person likes to use, etc.)

6. Describe yourself to someone who has never met you.

7. Describe the average human to an alien who has never before seen a person.

8. Describe your pet.

9. Look at some old family photos and describe an older family member as he or she was when at your age.

10. Describe someone whom you miss.

Descriptive Essay Topics: Objects

1. Describe an object that is special to you.

2. Give a tour of one room in your house by describing the most important objects in that room.

3. Describe one of your favorite outfits.

4. Describe your favorite toy as a child.

5. Describe how you get around (for example: a bicycle, skateboard, sneakers, your parents’ car, the school bus).

6. Describe your favorite piece of furniture where you like to spend time and relax.

7. Describe something that you would bury in a time capsule to tell people about what life is like today.

8. Describe an object that has been in your family for a long time.

9. Choose a piece of food to eat; then, write a description of it that includes the way it looks, smells and tastes.

10. Describe a smartphone to a time traveler from the 1900s.

Descriptive Essay Topics: Memories

1. Describe your oldest memory.

2. Describe your best summer vacation.

3. Describe a memorable concert you attended.

4. Describe a memorable trip you took.

5. Describe a special time that you and your family had together.

6. Describe the first time you met one of your friends.

7. Describe a time you met someone famous.

8. Describe one of your happiest memories.

9. Describe one of your saddest memories.

10. Describe a time that you felt scared.

11. Describe a time that you felt excited.

12. Describe a time that something totally unexpected happened.

13. Describe a memory of someone whom you miss.

14. Describe one of your most memorable first days of school.

15. Describe one of your most embarrassing moments.

Be sure to use descriptive language in this essay. Use at least one simile or metaphor in your description. Write a descriptive essay about this location.

Your original essay should be at least four paragraphs, 350-500 words in length, double spaced, and typed in Times Roman 12-point font, and in APA format with a title page.

Research references are not necessary or desired for this assignment.