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Exercise #442: Craft
Posted 11/4/11
Let’s revisit word choice.
I got this joke in my inbox this week:
It's not what you say, but the way you say it. On a blind date, the boy said to the girl, "Time stands still when I look into your eyes."
The girl was very flattered. What the boy had really meant was, "You have a face that would stop a clock."
See what you can do with word choices to make one of the following situations come out two different ways. Write it up the first time however you want, then try to change your words to make the second version mean the opposite.
* A child exclaims when opening a gift.
* A girlfriend speaks to the boy proposing marriage.
* An employee responds to the boss about a raise.
* A customer speaks to the cook at a restaurant.
* A husband talks to his wife about television show choices.
Write a brief summary showing us what you learned, if you like.
Critiquers, along with the usual grammar, spelling, etc, review, consider these questions:
* Was the author successful in changing the meaning?
* Was this helpful to you as a writer? Why or why not?
Word limit: 200 each version, 200 for summary
Please use the subject line
SUB: Exercise #442/yourname
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