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Read the model. Have you ever experienced a live music gig? Read the Writing frp. Then underline two very short sentences
lf so, were your feelings similar? in the model. Which is used for emphasis and which is used
to build suspense?
Rewrite the sentences to include at least one short sentence.
Say whether the effect is buitding tension or suspense or
adding emphasis.
1 When we arrived at the hotet, I went straight to our ioom.
I tool<ed out of the window and there was the sea!
2 As Ben approached the door, he could hear.footsteps
inside the room. He turned the handle, the door swung
open and he finalty came face to face with the man who
My first gig had been fotlowing him.
3 The playground was huge and I had never seen so many
other children in one ptace. They were running to and
I first went to hear a live rock fro, shouting and bumping into each other and it was
terrifying.
concert when I was eight years old.
My brother and his friends were all fans of a heavy metal
Complete these sentences from the mode[.
group called Black Wednesday. When they discovered
that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local 1 Then there was a roar from the crowd, an
:
theatre, they all bought tickets for the gig. However, at the exptosion, as the first members of the band stepped onto
the stage.
last minute, one of the friends couldn't go, so my brother
offered me the ticket. I was thrilled! 2 The first song was already starting and the music was
loud a jet engine.
I remember the buzz of excitement inside the theatre as 3 I fett bewildered, I had just wol<en from a long
we all found our seats. After a few minutes, the lights went s lee p.
down and everybody became quiet. I could barely make out
the stage in the darkness. We waited. Then there was a roar Use your answers to exercise 4 to complete the information
from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of about simites.
the band stepped onto the stage. My brother leaned over
Similes
and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn't hear what
hewassaying'ThefirstSongWaSalreadystartingandthe Writers often use simites to mal<e their writing more
music was as loud as a jet engine. I could feel the bass descriptive. A simite makes a comparison using 1il<e or as.
;
noies and the drum beats in my stomach. 7 We use + noun to express a general similarity
I can't recall any of the songs that the band played. I just between two things.
The hospitalwas a maze.
',
remember that I didn't want it to finish. But in the end, after :
three encores, the show finished. We left the theatre and : 2 Weuse-. +adjective/adverb+ +
stumbled out onto the pavement. I felt bewildered, as if I noun/-ing form to campare a specific aspect.
Her face was white snow.
I
had just woken from a long sleep. My ears were still ringing
3 We use to introduce a comparison with
with the beat of the last song.
a complete clause.
After the gig, I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few The runner fell to the ground he'd been
years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a
shot.
while, though, I listen to one of their songs and imagine l'm
back at that first gig.
t:r''..',t...,.
: Work in pairs. lnvent similes to complete these
sentences.
1 My sister covered her mouth with her hand, as if ...
2 The water in the lake where we used to go swimming was
You can improve the style of your writing by using tike...
sentences of different lengths. Very short sentences can 3 When I lostmyteddybear, I cried and cried as if...
be effective if used occasionally to create emphasis or 4 I crept downstairs as quietly as ...
build suspense or tension. 5 My mother suddenly began sniffing the air tike ...
6 The two men stared at each other as if ...

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