3.2.2 - Transformative Exercises
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Practice Questions
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Convert the telling sentence 'He was nervous' into a showing sentence.
💡 Hint: Think about physical reactions that display nervousness.
List three sensory details you could add to a description of a sunny beach.
💡 Hint: Use all five senses when describing.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does 'Show vs. Tell' encourage writers to do?
💡 Hint: Think about how to engage the reader's senses.
True or False: Revision means only proofreading your work for errors.
💡 Hint: Consider what it means to re-vision your work.
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Challenge Problems
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Write a short story that incorporates at least three different sensory experiences while conveying a character's deep emotional conflict.
💡 Hint: Think about how touch, sound, and sight can express the character's internal struggle.
Revise a paragraph of your writing to shift from a narrative focus on telling the plot to uncovering the emotions of the characters through sensory detail.
💡 Hint: Look at the moment and ask yourself how the character feels. How can you show that feeling?
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