The details Munro shares combine character behavior (Rich's joking at the window) and setting detail (pills left behind that he refused to discard) to simultaneouslycreate a sense of character and place. Her details describe the way people inhabit their spaces. This creates Rich as a vivid, l...
Whether you want to express mild dissatisfaction or intense criticism, we can help you find a better bad. Give your writing extra polish Grammarly helps you communicate confidently Write with Grammarly What does the word bad mean? The word bad, as an adjective, is used to describe something ...
A character’s eyebrows might accentuate seductive eyes, protrude from a receding forehead, or stretch across a taut face. In every case, the verb takes an object. A to S accentuate, adorn, arch (across, over), betray, cause furrows (above, between, in), dangle over, float (above, ov...
One of the great things about writing in English is that we have a lot of specific vocabulary that can describe a complex action or object in just one word. Take the word ‘walk’, for example. Instead of walking, in English we could ‘stroll’, ‘stagger’, ‘stride’, ‘swagger’, ...
This is the first method we use that is normally only used to show actual pronunciation. If you just want to show thatxiǎngyào(想要, “to want”) consists of a third tone and a fourth tone, just write with tone numbers, but if the goal is to describe actual pronunciation, writingxi...
The development of characters through acquiring knowledge is common in fantasy, for example. Often this is suspenseful. As we watch an apprentice wizard or witch adventure, we ask things like: Will they master the spell? Can they control their new powers? Will power go to their head? What ...
Then we have the thought. “Trouble, that’s what that was.” Do we need him to describe her eye color, clothing, designer label? Nope. We get a sense of what’s important to him RIGHT NOW based on the details he focuses on and skips over. He doesn’t see anything he finds ...
Your characters don’t have the luxury of sitting on the bench. They mustmake decisions anddo somethingabout the problem. And so should you. Don’t let fear of writing take over your writing life. Decide to move forward, to write that book, to send out that manuscript. Decide and then...
looks like is a painting written in painting. We describe his CHANGJEI image, create text. Some books say, CHANGJEI created the text, due to leakage of the secret, the sky fell millet, and night crying. There is also a legend that CHANGJEI observed on earth and on track, inspired he...
great idea to help kids improve their Chinese learning especially grammar and vocabulary. You can even make it more fun by asking the kids to choose the correct words that describe the pictures they see. For better pronunciation, audiobooks are another great alternative to learning Chinese for ...