Descriptive Essay Outline

A 5 paragraph descriptive essay has 1 introductory paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, and 1 conclusion
paragraph. These three parts should be included in a descriptive essay. All of these sections are required to
fulfill the need for a descriptive essay.

Following the guidelines to fill these sections will help you develop a proper descriptive essay structure.
Here is how to write a 5 paragraph descriptive essay.

Descriptive Essay Introduction

An introduction is the first thing that a reader is going to read in your essay. So, it should be interesting,
engaging as well as eye-catching. It should be able to hook the reader with your essay and make him want
to read the complete essay.

Descriptive Essay Body Paragraphs

The body is the section where you provide a complete description and sensory details of the topic. All the
ideas should be presented in separate paragraphs. Usually, the typical 5 paragraph essay consists of 3 body
paragraphs. But, they can be increased according to the ideas and information that needs to be provided.

Descriptive Essay Conclusion

The conclusion is the final part of the essay, it should leave the reader feeling satisfied with the essay.

1. Uncomfortable Bed Questions & Answers

Question 1: Read the lines and answer the questions:

My friends were fond of practical jokes. I do not care to know people who are
not.

Answer: From the second sentence, we came to know that the speaker valued
a sense of humour friends.
Answer: The evidence that supports for the first sentence is the way the
speaker’s friends laughed when they found out what had happened. We do
not see them actually playing any practical joke on the speaker.

Question 2: Read the lines and answer the questions:

“Look out, old ferret! They have something in store for you”.
(a) Another meaning of ‘ferret’ is to find something by searching
carefully. Why the speaker called himself a ferret?
Answer: The speaker called himself a ferret because he was trying to find out
what kind of prank his friends could play on him. He was trying to ferret out
the truth and he was also acting a bit like a ferret – hunting for clues and
trying to ‘catch’ his friends.

(b) What did he think his friends had in store for him?
Answer: The speaker was well aware that his friends were fond of practical
jokes. Moreover, their extra attention towards him made him rather suspicious.
So, he thought that his friends expected to have great fun at his expense and
hence, must have planned a good prank for him.
Question 3: ………..Which at once made me rather suspicious.

Answer: Watchful, restless, distrustfully, carefully, cautiously

Answer: We can use the word ‘nervous’ and ‘confused’ to describe his state of
mind.
Question 4: Once inside his room how did the speaker move
and act? Why?
Answer: Once inside his room the speaker was very cautious, he moved with
short steps and carefully examined all the furniture in the room. He did so as
he was suspicious that his friends had planned a joke for him and if he pulled
the curtain he would be drenched with cold water all over his body.

Question 5: Why did the speaker close the shutters and draw
the curtains? What happened as a result of all this? What else
did he do, that helped to bring about the outcome?
Answer: The speaker closed the shutters and drew the curtains so that no trick
could be played on him through the window. As a result of this, no light could
come into the room from outside., he made his bed in the middle of the room,
on the floor, and extinguished all the candles. Since the room was now
completely dark, when the valet came in, he could not see the bed on the floor
and tripped over it.

Question 6: I did not dare to get into the bed. Why didn’t the
speaker dare to get into the bed?
Answer: At first, the speaker did not dare to get into the bed because he was
sure that his friends had made some arrangements in the bed for a prank. Yet,
he also thought that his friends, who must be waiting for the success of their
trick, would be laughing at him because he was too afraid to go to bed. He
could not let them have so much fun at his expense and went to bed to
challenge them.
Question 7: The arm chair was solid. Why was this discovery
important to the speaker?
a) It meant that he could protect himself with the chair, is
necessary.
b) It meant he could sleep in the chair.
c) It meant that his friends had not laid a trap for him in the
chair.
Answer: It meant that his friends had not laid a trap for him in the chair.
Question 8: The speaker was awakened by the body falling over
him. At the same time, what else did he feel and hear? When
and how did he realize what had really happened?
Answer: As the speaker was awakened by a body falling over him, he felt a
burning hot liquid on his face, neck and chest. It made him howl with pain. At
the same time, he heard a great noise, as if many plates and dishes had fallen
down. After a brief struggle with the body which had fallen over him, the
speaker managed to get up and rush out of the room. It was then that he
realized it was morning, and in the light from the corridor, he saw that the
valet, while bringing his tea, had tripped over his bed and fallen down, along
with the plates he had been carrying. The hot liquid had been the tea.
Question 9: The story is a first-person narrative – The speaker is
a character in the story. How does this style of narration help to
build the irony?
Answer: The first-person narrative helps to build this irony because this style
of narration lets the reader know exactly what is going on in the speaker’s
mind. Had it been told by someone else, we, as readers, may not have known
how nervous or suspicious the speaker was feeling, or why he took certain odd
decisions, like placing a chair in front of the window or making his bed on the
floor. The first-person narrative traces his feelings – from his first suspicion to
growing nervousness to his final embarrassment – clearly.
Question 10: Irony is a term used to mean a situation or an
event which is the very opposite of what was expected, and
which is sometimes funny as a result. What could be the irony
in the story?
Answer: Right from his arrival at his friends’ house until bedtime, the speaker
kept expecting some trick to be played on him. He was suspicious and
watchful, in order to avoid falling into any trap. He was so careful, in fact, that
in taking measures to guard himself against a prank, he set himself up for an
awkward situation, making his friends laugh. That is the irony of this story.
2. The Master Artist Questions & Answers

Question 1: Read the lines and answer the questions:

“That’s fine. You needed only to request it. “And he pulled aside the
twenty-foot-tall curtain.
(a) Who speaks the above line and to whom?
Answer: The above line is spoken by Monsieur I’Abbaye to Signor Bartoli.
(b) What was the demand of the person?
Answer: Signor Bartoli wanted to see his portrait made by the artist Monsieur
I’Abbaye and he had waited too long for it.
c) Why did he say that the person had only to request?
Answer: Signor Bartoli was impatient and frustrated and his tone was rude.
(d) What was behind the twenty-foot-tall curtain?
Answer: Monsieur I’Abbaye had been working on the portrait of Signor Bartoli
behind the curtain for months.
Question 2: Why did Signor Bartoli agree to I’Abbaye’s
demands?
Answer: Signor Bartoli, a rich Italian patron was very keen to have his portrait
on the wall of his dining hall. Although he felt that Monsieur I’Abbaye’s
demands were very strange, he wanted to get his portrait done only by him
because he was an artist of great repute and Bartoli was confident that
I’Abbaye would produce a masterpiece.
Question 3: Why do you think I’Abbaye wanted to make
Bartoli’s portrait in secrecy?
Answer: Bartoli had asked I’Abbaye to make his portrait on a twenty-foot-tall
and space impressed the artist. He wanted to make use of that space to make
the portrait using his unique creative imagination. He probably knew that
Bartoli would not let him create the portrait the way he wanted. So, he wanted
total privacy.
Question 4: In what way did Monsieur I’Abbaye test Signor
Bartoli’s patience? Was he satisfied with the outcome in the
end?
Answer: Bartoli had hired Monsieur I’Abbaye to make his portrait on the wall
of his dining hall where everyone could see it. Monsieur I’Abbaye on the other
hand, wanted to paint the portrait in absolute secrecy. Weeks and months
passed but I’Abbaye was not ready to show the painting. He would keep
talking about different things which did not interest Bartoli. All he wanted was
to see his portrait. Finally, frustrated with the delay, when Bartoli forced
I’Abbaye to show his painting, he was shocked and angered as he could not
tolerate I’Abbaye Cubist expression on the portrait.
Question 5:

Answer: Monsieur Signy l’Abbaye wanted to break free of restraints and paint

Signor Bartoli’s portrait in his own way and had his patron’s features
memorised. He did not want anyone to disturb his craft so, he requested his
patron to give him complete privacy.
Question 6: What do you think the author feels Monsieur
I’Abbaye had born five hundred years too early?
Answer: Monsieur I’Abbaye was a great artist who did not have the freedom
to paint in the style of his choice. The style he wanted to work on became
famous in the early twentieth century. Monsieur I’Abbaye had discovered that
five centuries earlier but at that time, he never received any recognition for
that style of art.

Question 7: How long did the master piece take? Do you know
why?
Answer: The masterpiece took six months to complete. Monsieur Signy
l’Abbaye was using the best materials and it was a long process to get things
right.
Question 8: Why according to l’Abbaye was the painting taking
so long?
Answer: According to l’Abbaye, he was not making an ordinary painting but a
master piece. Any superb creation of art consumes time.
Question 9: Guiliano Bartoli stood for a minute. How was
Bartoli feeling at this point? How did he express his feelings?
Answer: The six signs of Bartoli’s genuine astonishment are as follows – His
mouth fell open, his eyes turn red and he grabbed what few hairs he had left
on his head. He did a little hop, and then a twitch, and his eyebrows contorted
as though bewitched.

Question 10:

Answer: Monsieur l’Abbaye had painted a picture of his patron beyond his

understanding. He made a portrait five hundred years ahead of his time which
was difficult for Bartoli to understand. Hence he addressed him as a mad man.