In this excerpt from <span><em>Old Times on the Mississippi </em>by Mark Twain, he tells the story of how he began training as a riverboat pilot. In it, he introduces the character of the "cub-engineer". Here, Twain uses his characterization (the way he presents the character) to let us know how much he dislikes this dude. There are many ways in which to describe hair grease, but Twain chose "Oil-hair" (not nice to say). That and his "ignorant silver watch and a showy brass watch-chain" give us more details about how the author perceived this person (not very positively, of course).</span>
What I found on the interenet: Verbs have three moods—indicative, imperative, and subjunctive.
Examples of sentences with verbs having indicative mood:
I want a chocolate ice cream cone.
Atlanta is the capital of Georgia.
Coconut tastes funny.
Are you going to the party?
I suggest you do an essay on an important trip/event that happened in your life. But really emphasize what happened. So as an indicative essay, <u>show</u> the reader what you are experiencing.