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Sep 15, 2008, 12:09 AM
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Alright well, I don't know who made this packet, but whoever it was, they must be stupid. One of the pages deals with the use of detail, and how detail can change the mood of the passage. That's all well and good until it comes to the writing part, the directions were:
Think of an event that you have witnessed which horrified you. Your job is to describe the event and evoke the horror. Do not state or explain that you were horrified. Instead, use detail to describe the event and reveal your attitude. Share your description with the class. I really hope I don't need to elaborate on this, do I? I was searching my memory banks for horrific events that I wittnessed, thought I could use one, but nope, didn't witness that one, it happened to me. I keep thinking, I've never seen anything that has horrified me, I've heard things that have, I have felt horrified before...but seen? Nope. And even if I did, why would I want to drag that memory up? Why would ANYBODY want to drag that sort of memory up, describe it in graphic detail, and then be expected to share it in a classroom? |
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#2
Sep 15, 2008, 12:16 AM
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Your teacher probably just wants you to work on descriptions, and it's easier to describe an emotionally-packed event than a boring/ dull one. Try focusing on the describing the feelings and how the event impacted you...Note the small things that are relevant and stood out to you during the moment. As for horror...Well it doesn't have to be some major event... It could be something small. Like the horror you felt when you realized you left your homework or final paper at home after you've already arrived at school...or something like that. Try focusing on the feelings, and good luck! =]
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Sep 15, 2008, 04:57 AM
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Sep 15, 2008, 08:16 PM
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That teacher sure wasn't thinking. What an awful assignment. Maybe you can write a paper on why you can't do this assignment. "I would cry and immediately be back in that awful place that was black and lonely and hurty."
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Sep 15, 2008, 08:58 PM
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Kiya, your being the victim of the horror still makes you a witness. I think what they want is instead of saying, "I was horrified!" they want you to describe how that felt. Such as, "All of a sudden I couldn't breathe, everything went into slow motion and felt surreal."
Does that help?
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Sep 16, 2008, 12:17 AM
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That's a hard one Kaika..
 I'm sending positive vibes your way Lily
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Sep 16, 2008, 09:31 AM
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Oh geez, I hated those packets in Engilsh I had a similar one, they don't really think about who is receving those packets or how they could hurt someone. I had an anxiety attack and had to go hide in the bathroom when they made us write about it, Thing is you don't have to write about that event that is really hard for you to talk about or you experienced, I ended up writing about some silly horror movie that scared me when I was 12. You don't have to write about that one really bad event, but it is still realy triggering to people. ((((((Kaika)))))))
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Sep 16, 2008, 04:15 PM
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I think that anyone who has been in a bad situation generally has a "pat" story they tell about it. When it's something horrific, the details are not all there, but you have to tell something, and people ask too. I think people do form a basic story about what happened and how they feel.
Maybe you can write on a basic example of something the class might consider a bad situation, without writing on anything traumatic or going into too many details. I'm sure you will have some fellow students who write on things that they felt were horrible, and they are really not so big, you know? Don't overthink this, maybe find a safer incident and play it up, for the creative writing aspect?
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Sep 16, 2008, 07:45 PM
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Oh, and you could always make something up. Just be sure to look sad when she reads your paper to the class.
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Sep 17, 2008, 08:49 AM
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 Kaika, Like other people have said, try and recall something that wasn't too traumatic (or even make something up if you REALLY can't think of anything) your teacher is just trying to get you to work on descriptions and using something that you've experienced is a great way to do that because you know how you felt. I do think it's distasteful getting you to write about something that horrified you, but you generally experience more when something scares and upsets you than, say makes you happy. Have you ever had a pet go missing even for a short while? Or, maybe something really important and sentimental to you go missing and you panicked? Or watched a film that was really gory? Just some suggestions, it doesn't have to be anything really horrific, as long as you're describing emotions and reactions they're not going to mind what it is. Best of luck, Molly
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#11
Sep 17, 2008, 08:37 PM
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I hated english homework...especially vocabulary
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