Before ClassDay 1ReadingWriting ExerciseDay 2AnnouncementsLecture NotesReadingWriting ExerciseWelcome to our second writing exercise. This exercise helps you gather descriptive detail by asking you to think closely about the describing people and places. The writing exercise is due by noon and the workshop responses are due by midnight. Please compose your work in Word and then attach it to your message here. We will give our responses using the reviewing features in Word. If you need help using those you can see instructions at http://www.asu.edu/english/writingprograms/cmc/MSwordTOOLhandout.doc Each student will read and respond to the 2 exercises below their post. In your responses I want you to focus on the following ideas: • How was it? • What is it like? • What is it trying to do? • Is there drama in it? • What does it remind me of? • What do the characters want? • If I could change something, what would it be? • What could be expanded? • What is the conflict? • What is the atmosphere? • How does the language work? Please get in the habit of using the subject line when you post your replies. It is especially helpful if you put your name in the subject line since it makes your post easier to find. It is very important that you reply to the right message. Hit reply to MY message when you post your original work. If you are trying to respond to another student you can hit reply to their message. Pay close attention to this or all of our threads will be ruined. Here is our first writing exercise. Have fun!:Instructions:Strong description does not mean that you remember exactly how something looked, smelled, felt, sounded, or tasted. Strong description is always partly fiction--meaning that you get to choose details that will work to create a strong dominant impression. Depending on the details the author chooses, the reader will immediately get an impression about the person or place being described. This activity is designed to help you gain total control over that impression, and write description that is unique, interesting, and accurate.Describing a PlaceFor this activity, choose one place that will appear in your story (you can do this later for all of the places you will describe). The place should be room-sized so that it is small enough to describe in detail. First, list 10 objects that appear in that place. Do not add any adjectives to the list--make sure to use only nouns. Below is a sample description of my grandfather's cabin.1. couch2. bookshelf3. rug4. coffee table5. ashtray6. records7. slippers8. books9. chair10. windowsNow add adjectives to the nouns in order to create a distinct dominant impression of the place.1. weathered leather couch2. large, heavy, cherrywood bookshelf3. handwoven Navaho rug4. carved mahogany coffee table5. crystal ashtray6. Vivaldi, Mozart and Chopin records7. warm lambswool slippers8. scholarly law books9. antique overstuffed chair10. wide, lake-view windowsNow add completely new adjectives in order to change the impression of the place.1. dirty, broken couch2. lopsided bookshelf3. torn, stained rug4. cluttered coffee table5. overflowing ashtray6. Van Halen records7. stinky, beaten slippers8. motorcycling books9. lazyboy chair10. dirty, smoke-stained windowsDescribing PeopleFor this activity, choose one person that will appear in your story (you can do this later for all of the people you will describe). First, list 10 physical parts of the person. Do not add any adjectives to the list--make sure to use only nouns. Below is a sample description of my grandfather.1. forehead2. hair3. arms4. shoes5. legs6. hands7. eyes8. teeth9. pants10. shirtNow add adjectives to create a distinct dominant impression of the person.1. smooth, intellingent forehead2. distinguished white hair3. strong, welcoming arms4. polished, shiny shoes5. long, strong legs6. well-manicured hands7. kind, smiling, eyes8. straight, white teeth9. clean, pressed khaki pants10. crisp, tucked-in shirtNow add new adjectives to change the impression of the person.1. wrinkled, angry forehead2. disheveled, greasy hair3. bare arms4. worn, dirty shoes5. stubby legs6. spotted, crusty hands7. beady eyes8. brown, jagged teeth9. baggy, torn pants10. pit-stained undershirtOnce you have a clear description of a person and a place, write several paragraphs of your essay using that description.Day 3AnnouncementsLecture NotesReadingWriting Exercise"Narrative pace" is the speed at which you offer forth details of a story. A writer must vary the narrative pace so that the story does not become monotonous. To vary the narrative pace, make sure the most important details of the story get the most time and attention, whereas the least important details get less time and attention. Imagine your friend telling you a story about a car accident he had this morning. Here are two ways the story could be told. Notice they both have the same number of sentences but they take very different approaches to the story:A.First, I got up out of bed. It was still dark out. I took a shower. After my shower, I got dressed and I made myself some ham and eggs. After eating, I gathered my schoolbooks and walked outside to my car. Once in the car I shifted into reverse and backed out of my parking space. I was pullling out into the road when a car ran right into my driver's side door. I got out the pasenger's door and waited while the driver of the other car called the police.B.It was a very normal morning for me, that is, until I pulled out of the driveway and onto the road--much as I had done every other day for a full year. Time seemed to stop as a glanced left and saw a thundering blue chevy charging from out of nowhere. Its wide front grill seemed to smile at me ominously as the car inched closer and closer to mine--there was nothing I could do to stop it, and moving was impossible. After what seemed like hours of anticipating the impact, CRASH! the chevy's heavy chrome bumper smacked against the side of my car. Glass flew inward and covered my lap and feet. Breathing heavily, it took a moment for me to check every inch of my body, and sigh with relief when it turned out I was not injured. I crawled over to the passenger side door and stepped onto solid ground as a crowd began to form around the two