This week in English we are looking at Narrative. A Narrative is a fancy term for a story. My task for today is show don't tell. What does show don't tell mean? Show don't tell is a technique to allow the reader to experience the story through action, words, thoughts, senses and feelings rather than the author exposition, summarization and description.
Here's some examples I'm going to re write to "show and not "tell"?
The buildings were tall
- Walking down the streets of Dubai there was an enormous building, I looked up with my head right back and still couldn't see it through the huge clouds.
Sarah was really upset
- Sarah wasn't having the best day at school, she went home breaking down into tears to allow herself to feel better afterwards.
She was so happy to see him
- She hadn't seen her boyfriend in 2 weeks, when they looked at each other she was so happy to see him she ran into his arms.
The lake was beautiful
- The lake shimmered as the bright yellow sun sit upon it, making the lake feel beautiful.
