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Showing Vs. Telling

Showing Vs. Telling. Showing vs. Telling Telling is stating who is doing what. Telling doesn’t include when, where, why, or how this action happened

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Showing Vs. Telling

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Showing vs. Telling

Telling is stating who is doing what. Telling doesn’t include when, where, why, or

how this action happened. Telling signal words include: am, is, are, was,

were, be, being, been.

Showing paints a picture in the mind of the reader—giving them as many details as needed. Showing answers the news reporter questions--

who, what, when, where, why, how. Showing turns bland writing into active writing.

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Showing vs. Telling

Mr. Smith is celebrating.Does this sentence paint a picture for

the reader? Does it leave questions in the reader's

mind? Does it answer the questions who, what,

when, where, why, how? How could it answer who, what, when,

where, why, how and paint a picture for the reader?

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Narrative Details

Add narrative details to help your reader see what you are writingnarrative details = describe

actions and eventshelps to answer the how, what,

why

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Descriptive Details

Add descriptive details to help the reader see what you are writingdescriptive details = describes

people, places, and objectshelps to answers the who, what,

where

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Sensory Details

Add sensory details to help your reader see what you are writingsensory details = narrative OR

descriptive details that appeal to senses

helps reader see, feel, taste, hear, and smell what is being described

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Showing vs. Telling Practice

On your own paper answer the following questions: Who is Mr. Smith? What does he do when he

celebrates? When does he celebrate? Where does he celebrate? Why is he celebrating? How is he celebrating?

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Showing vs. Telling

Rewrite the telling sentence, “Mr. Smith is celebrating.”After 12 years of teaching

chemistry, Mr. Smith lost it. He began oinking like a pig and shouting, "I love Bastille Day," as he ran through the halls of Northridge High School. It didn't matter to Mr. Smith that Bastille Day was over a month away.

WHO

WHAT

WHEN WHYWHERE

HOW

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Showing vs. Telling

"I'm going home to watch my favorite team in the NBA Finals!" Mr. Smith, my new boss, shouted, while giving me a high-five, followed by an elbow to the face. He stood over me for a few seconds and growled...

WHO

WHAT WHEN

WHYWHERE

HOW

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Resources

http://www.brighthub.com/members/trent.aspx

Mrs. Thompson’s Big Brain Mrs. Arango’s Big Brain Holt Elements of Language, Sixth

Course