Read the story and then answer the following questions in a Google Doc What did you notice abcut the language? What words are surprising? What word or punctuation patterns did you
notice, and how do they affect the description over all?
What words create an especially strong image? What do they make you picture?
The writer, Anne Doten, could have stopped after the first sentence and taken out all the description that follows. With
only 800 words to work with, why do you think she kept it all in?
Where do you think the essay will go from here? Why might all this "showing" be important?
Now read the full essay, noting, especially, what words, phrases or lines are richest in terms of showing rather than
telling

Read this sentence from the story of my life by helen keller. the most important day i remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, anne mansfield sullivan, came to me. which element of plot does this sentence best represent?

Read this excerpt from "we shall overcome." hundreds of thousands of people sang them. but sometimes, it was one lone person with a guitar. they sang in segregated bus stations, picket lines, freedom marches, concert stadiums, city squares, and videos. when injustice of oppression threatens, people sing protest songs to proclaim their resistance, publicize their cause, and encourage hope for a better future, based on this excerpt as an introductory paragraph, which of the following would you expect to read about in the article? different groups of people who were oppressed the ways that music brings diverse groups of people together similarities between historical movements that provided rights for groups of people different song styles throughout specific historical events

Why does the author of exploring the titanic give background information about his youth and education? to show his lifelong love for the ocean