Examples of using descriptive writing to "show" rather than "tell"
Handout: Practice expanding sentences by using "showing" and descriptive writing to rewrite 6 "telling" statements.
Assignment: Identify places in your name essay draft that "tell" and could be expanded to "show." Rewrite one of them in a paragraph at least 7 sentences long. (This assignment will be continued in class on Wednesday.)
Remember, you need to have Anaya, The Curse of the Chupacabra, by next Wednesday, August 29!
"She is upset" is a "telling" statement about the picture below:
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