I said to my sister, "Look at that snail. It's so slow, isn't it?" - How colorful the rainbow is! It's like a bridge made of all the colors in the world. I exclaimed, "This is the most beautiful sight ever!" - How dark the forest is at night! It's like a black abyss...
That is the sound of onomatopoeia, one of the most fun words to spell in the English language, and if you want to know how to write sounds, an absolutely essential literary device. How does onomatopoeia work? And how canyouuse it to write sounds? In this article, I'll give you the ...
With respect to reading and writing Chinese, the answer is yes. Written Chinese is not based on an alphabet. Even though the Chinese characters could be broken down to around 220 radicals, there is not a simple rule to “spell” them in terms of the word radicals. On the other hand, i...
These were the risks I had known. Now it seemed I had the extra burden of being “Steve’s guy,” suspected of possessing some sort of hidden agenda. That wasn’t true. But that didn’t matter. I was going to be more alone than I expected. After the initial shock wore off a bit...
Also, with your speaker tags, try not to use anything but “he said” and “she said.” Speaker tags like “he exclaimed,”“she announced,” and “he spoke vehemently” are distracting and unnecessary. The occasional “he asked” is fine, though. 6. Write About Death Think about the...
distinct things. When I looked at the three-piles, there was a similar feeling of made-of-little-things, but the sensation was weaker. It was roughly the same feeling, but there was less of it than for the five-piles. I believe I laughed out loud and exclaimed, "Five is more than ...
rather than a "she shouted/exclaimed/bellowed", but to my mind they're doing more or less the same job. I don't think I'll be giving up on my !!!s any time soon. Perhaps your next fiction challenge should be the "exclamation mark challenge"? Haha! Chris Fielden Hi Georgina. No...
Oh, this is an interesting one: it tells us that we can expect entries to be coming from all over the English-speaking world, as well as that the judges will expect Ima to have spell-checked her entry. (Always a good idea, right?) When a contest’s rules go out of its ...
If you immediately exclaimed, “Why, it demonstrates that he has experience meeting deadlines — and possibly rather tight ones, too,” congratulations: you’ve been paying attention to today’s post. This credential does indeed show that; it also hints at an already-established means of inf...
“Yes, talk to you.” “Why?” “It is simple,” I said, “I find you interesting.” “But my Lady, you do not know me.” “Precisely!” I exclaimed. "He pinched the bridge of his nose." Sir Guy pinched the bridge of his nose with his right, gloved hand and sighed. “Very...