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C ADDING YOUR PERSONALIT Y
Now it’s time to get creative. Use what you have learned so far to add your
own PERSONALITY to your writing. This includes:
Adjectives Idioms
Strong Verbs Sentence Patterns
And more!
Similes
This chapter will review these ideas and let you use them in creative ways
to express your PERSONALITY!
EXAMPLE Read the paragraph below. Creative language adds PERSONALITY!
Suddenly, there was a crashing noise. My dog had knocked over my
Adjective
mother’s finest vase. He ran through the house like a wild animal. My mother
Adjective Simile
roared at me. She thought I shattered the vase. I tried to explain, but she
Strong verb Strong verb
turned a deaf ear. Because of my dog, I am now grounded!
Idiom Varied sentence structure
YOUR
TURN Choose colorful adjectives for the blanks below.
ancient creepy powerful dark
The wind howled in the trees. Lightning flashed in the
night sky. I lay in bed with the covers pulled over my
head. The house made noises.
I wondered if it might blow away!
56 ✷ Part I
Now it’s time to get creative. Use what you have learned so far to add your
own PERSONALITY to your writing. This includes:
Adjectives Idioms
Strong Verbs Sentence Patterns
And more!
Similes
This chapter will review these ideas and let you use them in creative ways
to express your PERSONALITY!
EXAMPLE Read the paragraph below. Creative language adds PERSONALITY!
Suddenly, there was a crashing noise. My dog had knocked over my
Adjective
mother’s finest vase. He ran through the house like a wild animal. My mother
Adjective Simile
roared at me. She thought I shattered the vase. I tried to explain, but she
Strong verb Strong verb
turned a deaf ear. Because of my dog, I am now grounded!
Idiom Varied sentence structure
YOUR
TURN Choose colorful adjectives for the blanks below.
ancient creepy powerful dark
The wind howled in the trees. Lightning flashed in the
night sky. I lay in bed with the covers pulled over my
head. The house made noises.
I wondered if it might blow away!
56 ✷ Part I