Descriptives and Narratives(IGCSE English)

Original question: Describe what you see and experience as you dive downwards to explore under the sea. 

The turquoise waters battered lightly against my sleek and pristine canoe, making it see-saw precariously as I maintained balance — like walking a slack rope. I calmly pulled on my blue spandex suit with practiced efficiency, and prepped my mini-oxygen support before taking a scrutinizing look at the depth of the sea. Ploosh! I dived head-first and broke the frothing barrier as the burbling of water covered my ears and I segued into another world.

The water was cold. I could feel it around my face but the suit trapped a flimsy layer of warm air that kept me snug. Looking through my crystal clear goggles as the radiance of the sun permeated the ocean floor, I could see underwater as clear as the morning sky. A couple of delicate strokes and my azure flippers propelled me towards the magnificent coral reef embedded at the bottom. Air bubbles kept obscuring my view as I took deep breaths that resonated in my ears like a sick person gasping for air.

The reef was an underwater paradise. A large, living and breathing structure consisting of a plethora of unimaginable organisms that survived in harmony. It was pure aesthetic scenery. The base was a large structure resembling a huge porous rock but it was barely perceivable. There was a lurid cornucopia of sea life riveted onto it. I could identify some crimson-red anemones that swayed from side to side as waves of current surged through the ocean floor. Some goldfish hidden with them, seeking succor from predators that wished to devour this divine being. A sea turtle gracefully swam up from behind. A patchy green shell that held a record of its growth and struggles; a dusky yellow body with a multitude of black spots interspersed along it. It was a survivor of the sea with it's ability to live for decades amidst all the danger that lurked in every corner. A sting-ray had meticulously camouflaged itself under the fine grains of sand, waiting in ambush as a silvery-grey salmon mindlessly drifted too close. A smoke of dust and the salmon lied convulsing in the sand, electrocuted by it's deadly sting.

Beep! The buzzer on my meter blinked with a flashing red light. I took a final, pitiful glance as the salmon was mercilessly shredded and ascended with a dolphin-like motion towards the rippling surface.