Revising Short Stories

Revising Short Stories

By Bryce Hespe

​Due 1/6

4.3.3 Quiz and 4.3.4 Practice​

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​What is different about these two pieces of writing?

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​What is different about these two pieces of writing?

​Explore what is happening in the passage below

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What is something that you noticed in this passage? What is being done by the author?

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Choose either a character or setting description in your exposition. Edit this description to make it more vivid for your readers?

​What do you notice about the dialogue in this section?

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​What do you notice about the dialogue in this section?

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Correctly punctuate the piece of dialogue below.

Now you know why I couldn't wait to get here said Esteban.

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Correctly punctuate the piece of dialogue below.

Hooray cheered Gilda. Does that mean we can stay?

Grab your writing and find dialogue

Look in your writring for a piece of dialogue. What can you add or change? Missing dialogue in your story? Let's think of how we are going to add it.

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Look at the dialogue in your story. Is there a conversation happening between at least two characters? Is your punctuation correct?

​In the following passage, pay attention to the author's pacing during math Class.

​In the following passage, pay attention to the author's pacing in French Class.

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What did you notice about the pacing of math class versus French class?

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Is there a part of your story that is your focus like French class was in "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto?

​Victor was crushing Teresa's body.

​Victor liked Teresa.

​Victor's brain had left his body.

​Victor was thinking of something else.​

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What is the literal meaning of this idiom?

He managed to catch her eye.

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What is the figurative meaning of this idiom?

He managed to catch her eye.

​exit ticket begins here

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Correctly punctuate this dialogue.

Maybe we should ask Harry said Ray. He's the one who has to carry two backpacks.

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Add details to this example to help the reader picture the setting.

It was 3:00 on January 12th and ther

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Add details to this example to help the reader picture this character.

Beth woke up and got dressed before school.