Descriptive writing : introduction to a city (writing exercise)

Exercise

• Choose a city you would like to describe.
• Find a research page for reference purposes. You can use sites like Wikipedia, magazines, or other resources.
• Choose three or four broad topics you would like to discuss.
• For each topic, write down a list of specific facts using your reference materials. For example: Weather
  more than 80 inches of snow on average extremely hot summers etc.
  
• Take each fact and write a sentence about that fact. For example: Boulder receives more than 80 inches of snow on average each winter.
  
• Combine your sentences into a paragraph on each broad topic. Make sure to use linking language, pronouns, etc. to link the ideas in your sentences into a logical sequence.
• If you are using a computer, make sure to spell check your work.

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