Adverbs: How To Make Your Sentences More Interesting

Making Characters Come Alive in Modern Literature A character's description is a large part of who he or she is, and how other characters may initially react to the character. Indeed, giving a description powerful enough may influence the general future of how a character is perceived by others and portrayed by an author as a story develops. The more detailed the description, the more he “pops” off the page and into the reader's heart. One simple example to begin with. John is a good looking

of nonfiction writing into one that is enjoyable, interesting, and in many cases humorous. “Oh my God, it's breathing, you realize. Maybe it’s even thinking. What in hell’s name do I do next?” (King 136) This passage is a metaphor that King uses to describe the feeling of creating your first really good paragraph. By comparing that to the feeling of Frankenstein and his monster, King brings a fiction aspect to this text that makes the text far more enjoyable to read. Kings’ dialogue also creates an

excited about what I was writing and did not "get into it" too much because of this problem. I also did not know how to cite a quote or anything along those lines without asking my mom how to do it and not learning how to do it myself. Every sentence I wrote started the same. You could tell by just glancing at the page that every sentence started

carrots for her salad. (cuts) Which sentence is written in the imperative? (Listen to your parents.) Select the verb that is conjugated into present continuous: Rather than shoes, I _________ sandals. (am wearing) Identify the verb tense or mood of the bolded word(s): Don't stop believing! (imperative) To discuss activities that are currently in progress, which verb tense would you use? (present continuous) Identify the error in the following

“It’s been said that one’s identity is found in his/her birthplace and in one’s ethnicity. I, on the other hand, believe that we are much more than patriots of our countries and our races. When people ask me where I’m from, I’m not sure how to respond. If I told you “South Korea,” you would believe me; but if you looked at me and I told you I was from “Kenya”, now you would be puzzled. However, this puzzle has shaped my life.” (Song 1) The way I have fashioned this piece insinuates that I am speaking

reader and to properly convey their message. Too often have I found myself trying to ‘fluff up’ my writing to make it interesting. But if we want to be good writers, we need to get down to the nitty gritty and get back to the basics. In Zinsser’s article Simplicity, he explains how to do just that. First we need to get rid of unnecessary clutter. Clutter can be anything from unneeded adverbs and expressions, to colorful words and too many adjectives. The next step is to simplify, simplify, simplify

explained the it and added more argument towards what I believed. Another strength of my paper is my conclusion because it explained the reason why I wrote this paper. It is because even though there are many obstacles in getting to the American Dream, if you have the mindset to want to achieve it then it can be done. It clearly states the so what of the paper and why some people don't achieve it, but other do. Even though there were many strengths of

(The White Tiger 29) We admired his bus-company-issue khaki uniform, his silver whistle and the red cord from which it hung down from his pocket. (The White Tiger 31) These are your-fortune-and-weight-for-one-rupee machines that stand on every rail platform in the country. (The White Tiger 247) So I had to turn and do the amazing one-hand-on-the-wheel-one-hand-with-the-whisky-bottle trick all over again. (The White Tiger 216)

Developing an essay is a great way to back up the points you make in the essay with evidence that can pull the reader into what they are reading. One way is to give examples. When you give examples, you show the reader that your points make sense. You can start by giving examples of things that happen in your past, or you can use examples of things you get off of research. Providing details is another way to develop an essay. Giving details can make any image seem real for the reader. The details that you

How to Write a Descriptive Essay More than many other types of essays, descriptive essays strive to create a deeply involved and vivid experience for the reader. Great descriptive essays achieve this affect not through facts and statistics but by using detailed observations and descriptions. What do you want to describe? As you get started on your descriptive essay, it's important for you to identify exactly what you want to describe. Often, a descriptive essay will focus on portraying one of the