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Instructions For this assignment, we are going to consider how author's use concrete, specific language. As an example, we'll be looking at this essay: "Household Object: Freshwater Aquarium, $800." In this essay, you'll notice that the author, Hannah Gold, uses a lot of specific details. take a look at some of the examples below which explain the differences between abstract, general writing and concrete, specific writing. Then I would like you to annotate Gold's essay. In this annotation, I am simply looking for you to identify the parts of the essay where you see Gold using specific, concrete detail. You can do this by copying and pasting the article from the link or using this document (Gold's essay is the first one). Then either highlight, underline, and bold the specific concrete details that you find in Gold's essay. You don't have to write anything yourself for this assignment, simply upload the document with Gold's essay annotated. DETAILS: CONCRETE vs. ABSTRACT, GENERAL vs. SPECIFIC adapted from http://www.gbcnv.edu/documents/ASC/docs/00000040.pdf CONCRETE: Words or details that appeal to one or more of the five senses. Chair, book, teacher, and honking are a few concrete terms. ABSTRACT: Words or details that do not appeal to one or more of the five senses. Courage, truth, beauty, honor, and education are a few abstract terms. GENERAL: The most general terms refer to classes or groups. These terms are very broad. For example, flower and dog are general terms. SPECIFIC: The most specific terms stand for definite, precise things. For instance, "my black lab Princess” is much more specific than “my dog.” Very General Less General More Specific Quite Specific athlete basketball player forward James Harden criminal thief pickpocket man who stole my wallet student freshman student in my math class Gail Jones General: He drives an old car. The boy has a serious disease. Her grades were poor. More Specific: He drives a 1988 Buick with Maryland plates. At age twelve, the boy contracted leukemia. She received a 72 on her chemistry mid-term https://www.thebeliever.net/household-object-freshwater-aquarium-800/ https://edmonds.instructure.com/courses/2468737/files/246020700/download? verifier=L9ion4jZfsUzrvz8EDj2SFCek7yJjMjKVijcpQo5&wrap=1