PPT-Showing vs. Telling

Usually General Lacks Visual Clarity To be used when details are not relevant to purpose of story Telling She went home in a bad mood What kind of a bad mood How did she act or look Vague. & Making the abstract concrete. The Image: Part II. Concrete, Significant Details. Concrete: . Means that the there is an image, something that can be seen, heard, smelled tasted or touched. . Detail: . You Need:. Two hard copies . of introduction. Pen/pencil. Green and pink highlighters. Steps for Writing your Admissions/Scholarship Draft:. Decide on your green words:. If it is a personal essay, decide what you want the admissions/scholarship committee to know about you. If it is not a personal essay, decide what green words are representative of your overarching message.. Write about the worst injury or pain you have ever had in your life. Tell the story as if you were retelling it to your best friend, making sure not to leave out any details.. The car landed awkwardly, causing it to roll.. Making the reader “see”. Illustrate. Turn the abstract into the concrete by using anecdotes (short stories), examples, or description.. Telling. : . I want to become a doctor because I care about people. vs. telling sentences. Showing sentences…. Answer the questions “who, what, where , when , why and how”. Use action verbs instead of “to be” verbs. Use strong adjective and adverbs. Use figurative language. Using sharp physical details to create great writing (aka, showing vs. telling) . Ma put the kids to bed and did some sewing until they fell asleep.. TELLING EXAMPLE #1. Ma kissed them both, and tucked the covers in around them. They lay there awhile, looking at Ma’s smooth, parted hair and her hands busy with sewing in the lamplight. Her needle made little clicking sounds against her thimble and then the thread went softly, swish! through the pretty calico that Pa had traded furs for.. Showing or Telling?. When . I got up the courage to confront my roommate about using my things without my permission, I could tell that she was really hurt at first. Then she became angry and slammed out of the room. I am not sure things will ever be the same between us. . Using sharp physical details to create great writing (aka, showing vs. telling) . Ma put the kids to bed and did some sewing until they fell asleep.. TELLING EXAMPLE #1. Ma kissed them both, and tucked the covers in around them. They lay there awhile, looking at Ma’s smooth, parted hair and her hands busy with sewing in the lamplight. Her needle made little clicking sounds against her thimble and then the thread went softly, swish! through the pretty calico that Pa had traded furs for.. short. story with strong emotion (happy, funny, sad, romantic, etc…) Yes, about you.. Writing Exercise. An Introduction to Storytelling. Writing a Narrative. Good narratives are not burdened by endless details.. . By: Caryssa Canuto. . . Key Words and Phrases. “In it’s second minute, the Hate rose to a frenzy”(pg 14). . . This phrase, and especially the word “Hate” is important to know in order to understand the story. It is capitalized to emphasize the word so readers understand that there may be a lot of hate and conflict going on. There is a lot of violence, rebellion and hatred throughout the story. Therefore, the quotation is showing a connection between the hate of the people and the rebellion that will occur further in the story. . What do you notice?. Sherman . Alexie. . from . The Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian. What do you notice?. What gives the passage energy?. What is the passage showing?. Jacqueline Kelly from . “Und . wären. . wir. . alle. . auch. Weise, . Verständige. , . erfahrene. . Greise. und Kenner der . Tora. . es. . bliebe. . dennoch. . unsere. . Pflicht. , den . Auszug. . aus. . Aegypten. Brent AJ, Matthews PC, Dance DA, Pitt TL, Handy R. Misdiagnosing Melioidosis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007;13(2):349. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.061290. Cholecystography in a dog.. Bronchography in a sheep.. Myelography in a dog.. oesophagraphy after administration of 30 ml of Barium baste.. . GIT study showing presence of contrast material . ( Barium .