Show Don't Tell part 2

Show Don't Tell

part 2

What's on the menu?

• What does Show don't tell really mean?

• Some examples

• Describing body language

• Focus on describing senses

• use of strong verbs

• Use of dialogue

Multiple Select

Which of the five senses does the description appeal to?

Joey hadn’t seen his father for a long, long time – not since he was in kindergarten. He couldn’t remember his father’s face very well. But at night, he could still hear him say, “Good night, Joey. I love you.”

• sight

• hearing

• smell

• touch

• taste

Multiple Select

Which of the five senses does the description appeal to?

The lights suddenly went out. In the darkness, the wind and rain grew louder and seemed closer…Joey sat still, his heart beating fast. It made a ‘thump, thump, thump’ noise in his chest.

• sight

• hearing

• taste

• smell

• touch

Open Ended

Write down the powerful words/ phrases that showcase the use of hearing:

The lights suddenly went out. In the darkness, the wind and rain grew louder and seemed closer…Joey sat still, his heart beating fast. It made a ‘thump, thump, thump’ noise in his chest.

Poll

What kind of characteristic is being described in the following

He was friends with anything that grew: tomatoes, herbs, butter beans, dandelions, beggar’s-lice, wild spur, bracken, wild geranium. There was not a plant that he could not coax out of its hiding place, nor a seed he could not force to the sun, nor an animal he could not summon or sic into action with an easy smile and affable strong hands.

• people person

• nature lover

• grouchy

Open Ended

He was friends with anything that grew: tomatoes, herbs, butter beans, dandelions, beggar’s-lice, wild spur, bracken, wild geranium. There was not a plant that he could not coax out of its hiding place, nor a seed he could not force to the sun, nor an animal he could not summon or sic into action with an easy smile and affable strong hands.

Write samples of literary devices used, and how each of them help the reader to understand the nature-lover characteristic of the hero.