Evocative Description

James Baldwin and Joseph Mitchell were talented writers on many levels. Among their talents was the ability to
use small details, mannerisms, objects or places to evoke a certain feeling in their audience. To allow the
seemingly irrelevant minutiae of the everyday or the body language of fellow city resident on the street “work”
for the writer and tell its own story.
Think of Joseph Mitchell’s description of a cluttered bar or the specifics of the broken down detritus of
Baldwin’s Harlem.
Those are details that the authors use to evoke certain feelings and/or communicate certain ideas. I want you
to do something similar.
For this assignment please choose a thing to describe in painstaking detail. A thing or a moment that you might
explode on the page and carries a deep resonance for you.
You might have an old pair of sneakers on which every scuff reminds you of some gone-by athletic
achievement. The chair you were sitting in when you learned your brother was getting married. The car you
were in when you got arrested.
Whatever it is, start with the object and help me understand what it is and why you might bring attention to it.
The length of the paperAssignment A: Evocative Description
Due: 1/28/21
James Baldwin and Joseph Mitchell were talented writers on many levels. Among their talents was the ability to
use small details, mannerisms, objects or places to evoke a certain feeling in their audience. To allow the
seemingly irrelevant minutiae of the everyday or the body language of fellow city resident on the street “work”
for the writer and tell its own story.
Think of Joseph Mitchell’s description of a cluttered bar or the specifics of the broken down detritus of
Baldwin’s Harlem.
Those are details that the authors use to evoke certain feelings and/or communicate certain ideas. I want you
to do something similar.
For this assignment please choose a thing to describe in painstaking detail. A thing or a moment that you might
explode on the page and carries a deep resonance for you.
You might have an old pair of sneakers on which every scuff reminds you of some gone-by athletic
achievement. The chair you were sitting in when you learned your brother was getting married. The car you
were in when you got arrested.
Whatever it is, start with the object and help me understand what it is and why you might bring attention to it

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