Writing!
SHOW not TELL
“Don’t tell us that the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.”
-Samuel Clemens
He was talking about writing. What did he mean?
cool, pretty, fun, scary, weird, ugly
What does each of these things actually LOOK like?
These are actually opinions, NOT descriptions! (Yes, I know they are technically adjectives.)
What’s “cool” to you could be “gross” to me or your mom!
You need to show us what this looks, sounds, tastes, smells, feels like!
You need to describe in detail what this might LOOK/SOUND/SMELL/FEEL like:
Compare two examples…
Assignment: “My Room is Such a Mess” (don’t call it that, though) due next Thursday, 9/8.
Show me the most nightmarish room imaginable. I want to feel, see, hear, taste (ewww), smell everything.
1 page (350+ words), Google Doc shared with me + printed, title. mess(y), gross, disgusting, dirty, stinky, etc. No opinions, just *WDILL?
(*What Does It Look Like?)
Finish/Correct Yesterday. “Vocab, 8/30.” Read #7 and #8 together as one sentence. No need to copy anything; write the appropriate vocabulary word. You may use words more than once. Always be prepared to explain your reasoning.
- _____
- _____
- _____
- ____
- The gentleman _____(ly) opened the door for the ladies.
- At the party, he stood ______(ly) off to the side of the room, quietly watching the festivities.
- The paper said that the generous businessman was a(n) ______ to society…
- …but _____(ly), he was secretly a gangster.
- common : elite :: cowardly : ______
- gain : freedom :: _____ : capture
“Vocabulary, 8/31.” All blanks are vocabulary words except #12.
- _____
- _____
- _____
- _____
- The Socs are the _____ social class in 1967 Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Maybe his cold unfeeling exterior is simply a _____ that hides his true feelings.
- mask : facade :: resource : _____
- “Guess what I’ve been in jail for?” asked Dally, grinning ____(ly).
- It was rather _______ that her dog was run over by an Animal Rescue vehicle.
- Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still ______(ed) me.
“Subjects and Verbs, 8/31.” (10) Name the SUBJECT and PREDICATE of each sentence below. Each answer should be two words only!
- My friend, the aloof llama, practices his guitar almost daily.
- With a groovy beat, the llama rhymed his words.
- He felt frightened in his dream of a giant, monster llama.
- The llama on a unicycle ate a doughnut.
- Because of his loneliness, the llama was a little sad.
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Foreshadowing…