I need help with a description.?

Question

i am writing a gothic literature essay and they use alot of description i need help decribing a fireplace and really old manison that is abondanded and is creepy
if it helps im in 10th grade so i have to say alot more then what i said above.

Answer 1

The old mansion stood stark in the final moments of dusk. Wide eyed windows gaped down at me as I made my way along the weed ridden path. Once this had been a proud structure filled with human voice and gaiety. Now only the mice and rats along with the ghosts of the past remained.

The old oaken door, weather beaten, the paint cracked and peeling, groaned as I pushed it open. Dust and cob webs greeted me as I stepped inside. The musty odor of long abandonment blossomed in my nostrils.

So many years, so many lost memories...

In gloom of the enterance way, I let my eyes search the interior of the old mansion. I was not one to believe in ghosts and other haunts, yet I could not help but feel the eeriness of this old place and I found the hairs on the back of my neck standing up right.

Nothing remained of the olden days. No furniture, nor rugs of any kind. In places, the flowered wall paper of the main room relinquished its hold on the plastered walls.

As I stepped further into the room, my eyes were drawn to the old fireplace standing against the center wall. This was the guardian of the mansion, the keeper of the embers of what once was.

From its wide open mouth, blackened by many a fire, there emanated a low mournful moan beckoning me to come nearer for a closer inspection and I found myself moving that way, my footsteps chasing up tiny dust puffs and sounding hollow in the empty room.

The mantle, dust and other debris littered showed the work of a master designer. In the center of the bottom plate made of solid oak, were the intricate carvings of a forest glade and a set of regal stags and I could not help but be taken aback by such craftsmanship.

A closer inspection of the stone work left me more convinced of a masters hand at work. Even the fieldstones had been chosen with care. The sizes and the colors picked for their matching beauty. All of them carefully arranged to catch they eye of the beholder and mortared into place with the love and care of a man with vision for the everlasting.

Answer 2

Start by spelling a lot correctly. It's two words.
Make yourself a list of all the things you'd say to describe all of those things. Dank, dreary, desolate, creeking, crackling, raging.....etc. Then write somethign basic and keep tweaking. Good luck :) Once you get going you should have no problems. Picture it in your head first.

Answer 3

use your imagination!!!!!!!! you must have seen scooby doo in haunted houses.