Analyze & write
write a paragraph or two analyzing desmond-harris's use of a photograph and brand names
to enhance her descriptions:
1 skim paragraphs 5-7, highlighting the specific details in the photo that desmond-harris
points out as well as the brand names (usually capitalized) and the modifiers (like skater-
inspired) that make them more specific.
2 look closely at the photograph itself, and consider its purpose.
why do you think desmond-harris included it?
- what does the photograph contribute or show us that the text alone does not convey?
3 consider the effect that the photo and the brand names have on you as a reader (or might
have on readers close to desmond-harris's age). how do they readers envision the
girls? what is the dominant impression you get of the young desmond-harris from these
descriptive details?