I'd like you to take the following boring paragraph Slightly different form the one I gave you in class, you can use either) and make it interesting. The object of the "game" is to take general/ abstract words in CAPITAL LETTERS (except "I") that don't make much happen in the reader's head and replace them with specific, interesting, sensory detail so we the readers can put ourselves in the picture. You'll want to fill in the
blanks as well, of course.
You can add as many words as you like (it doesn't have to be one-for-one),
and you can change sentence structure too. Get as ceative as you want;
it's supposed to be fun. Email the result or bring a hard copy to class. We'll have a prize for the best overall and for the most imaginative.
When I ENTERED the ENCLOSURE, the ACTIVITY was GOING ON. I FOUND A
PLACE and was FEELING PRETTY_______ IF A LITTLE __________ because of the
CIRCUMSTANCES when I saw a PERSON approaching me, the kind of __________ wh
________________. This PERSON appeared to be in a _______________ CONDITION,
HIS/HER face _________________, and HE/SHE MOVED in a _______ way that
suggested_________________. HE/SHE stated SAYING THINGS in an ODD KIND OF VOICE, and I
realized that S/HE wasn't __________________. Even HIS/HER WAY OF STANDING
________________. Then some OTHER PERSONS, including a PERSON who seemed to
think that HE/SHE _______________ spoke to me, reminding me of a
_____________.
I was in AN AGITATED STATE by now, so that I WAS NOT FULLY AWARE OF
____________, but I heard CERTAIN SOUNDS from VARIOUS PEOPLE, especially some
PERSON with the hint of the smell of __________ about HIM/HER who was
ADMONISHING ME. Another PERSON INQUIRED if i knew that I was AN
IMPROPER PERSON to be ________________. HE/SHE had a THREATENING
ATTITUDE, the SOUND OF________ was ___________, and the food tasted like _________ anyway, so I STATED that I would LEAVE. As I TOOK MY DEPARTURE I
heard them MAKING SOME SORT OF COMMENTS ABOUT ME.