1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
satela [25.4K]
3 years ago
8

Show, not tell

English
1 answer:
Juli2301 [7.4K]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

To be able to show instead of tell, you have to create images in the reader's mind.

Explanation:

1. "Thousands of tiny bits of snow rained down silently all night."

See, you have to say what the snow was like. You have to use at least some of the 5 senses: sight, hear, smell, taste, feel. This is how you show.

2. "We got up at the crack of dawn and piled into the car. We had already packed our bags yesterday. The cool air breezed us as we stepped out and ran on the dry sand. We swam through the ice cold water and ate crunchy sandwiches."

This is how you show. You put enough detail so that the reader knows exactly what's going on and makes the reader feel like they are in the story.

3. "All week at summer camp, my throat was sore from roaring with laughter all the time. I loved zipping through the air on ziplines with my friends, splashing them in the water in the pool, and playing hard-core basketball on the hot court."

You have to go into specifics to show. It's like looking through your own memories. You probably remember a lot from your life, all the tiny details. You have to make fake memories for story telling.

4. "Tim repeatedly chewed on his fingernails, glancing around nervously. He did not know how the test was going to be. Even though he had practiced all night for the past week, he was sure he had missed some key dates and people in history. He wondered when exactly did Abraham Lincoln die when the teacher started handing out test packets."

You take some memories from your own life and translate it to a story. What did you feel like when you where nervous for a test? What did you think when you where nervous for a test? Did you chew your fingernails? Did you think you were going to fail? This is how you show.

You might be interested in
What happens when you buy on margin in the stock market
ICE Princess25 [194]

Buying on margin is loaning money from a broker to buy stock. It’s basically a loan from your brokerage.

I hoped this has helped in anyway...

7 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Figurative language
Mars2501 [29]
#5 is hyperbole because hyperbole exaggeration and the sentence "enough to feed a army" is exaggeration
5 0
3 years ago
Which option uses an intensive pronoun to complete the sentence?
brilliants [131]

Answer:it is B

Explanation:An intensive pronoun is something that uses myself, hi self, yourself, herself stuff like that

8 0
3 years ago
In a lecture on child development , a psychology professor says that "language is caught, not taught." What does this professor
ASHA 777 [7]
I guess D? Because if it’s not necessarily taught but it’s caught I’d say that meant one learns NATURALLY and then can LEARN it better through teaching hope I helped
6 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What word or word go with vibrate?
cupoosta [38]
The only one I think would work would be accelerate
7 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Examine the following thesis statement from a student essay about why people should eat more vegetables.
    12·1 answer
  • What are the context clues for 'clarity'? ((20pts))
    6·1 answer
  • How does the information in this section build on what you have learned so far?
    11·2 answers
  • Read Sonnet 65 by William Shakespeare:
    8·1 answer
  • Which best describes the classification pattern for organizing text
    11·1 answer
  • In Elizabeth gaskill's the life of Charlotte Bronte what does the word sagacity
    10·1 answer
  • Pls answer great gatsby
    6·2 answers
  • Hellllpppp pplleezz aassaapp ill crown you
    9·1 answer
  • How many attempts did Washington make to find Ona Judge?
    14·2 answers
  • Is dream crazier ethos or pathos and explain why
    13·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!