Show Vs. Tell Practice Exercises

Now Its Your Turn
Here are a few phrases for you to practice your "Showing Technique." If you aren't sure if you've got it yet, drop me an email and I'll be happy to help you throught it.
Louise Bergmann DuMont - njcwg.dumont@gmail.com

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Show Vs. Tell Practice Sentences

Workshop Preparation
by Louise Bergmann DuMont
2/13/06

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REVISE EACH SENTENCE TO BRING IT FROM TELLING TO SHOWING.

1. At first glance, the wrinkled paper seemed worthless.
2. The girl cried and cried, believing that she would never again be happy.
3. The button on the jacket popped off as he tried to button it.
4. The file folders were stuffed with papers and the file cabinet was stuffed with folders.
5. The garden was filled with flowers that contained every color of the rainbow.
6. The men laughed and joked like teenage boys.
7. The snow fell for nearly forty-eight hours.
8. The book’s pages were brown and smelled musty.