my uncle john took me to the annual st patricks day parade which celebrates classic irish traditions in downtown chicago every march when I was younger PUNCTUATION QUIZ ANSWERS ID: 681262
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PUNCTUATION / CAPITALIZATION QUIZ
my
uncle john took me to the annual
st
patrick's
day
parade
which celebrates classic
irish
traditions
in downtown
chicago
every march when I was youngerSlide2
PUNCTUATION QUIZ - ANSWERS
M
y
U
ncle
J
ohn
took me to the annual
S
t
.
P
atricks
D
ay
P
arade
,
which celebrates classic
I
rish traditions
,
in downtown
C
hicago
every
M
arch
when I was
younger
.Slide3
Clichés
What they are and how to avoid themSlide4
What is a cliché?
1) A
cliché is an expression, often a comparison but not always, that at one time was clever and original but has become overused.
They are “eye-rollers” (they make the reader or viewer roll their eyes)
Example:
“cool as a
cucumber” Slide5
What is a cliché?
2) Clichés can also be common situations in stories and movies (e.g. damsel in distress, a group of bad guys attacking the good guy one at a time)Slide6
Some other examples of clichésSlide7
Ultimately…
We will have clichés in our writing, but we want to minimize them.
Cliches
in dialogue can make our characters
believable
, but we want to try to avoid them in our descriptive writing.Slide8
Can you identify the clichés in the visuals?Slide9
How do we get rid of clichés?
1)
2) Slide10
FOR EXAMPLE…HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE?Slide11
FOR EXAMPLE…
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Cliché activity
Go through your story and circle any clichés
Try to replace them with
figurative language /
literary devices or more
vivid description.