Transcript Brushstroke Powerpoint for blog

Journal
• Think about your weekend, and write about
one event/part of it.
• This should be in paragraph form.
“The writer is an artist, painting images of
life with specific and identifiable brush
strokes, images as realistic as Wyeth and as
abstract as Picasso. In the act of creation,
the writer, like the artist, relies on
fundamental elements.”
Harry R. Noden
•Noun + ing verb
•Function: adds to the
Absolute Brush Stroke
•Noun + ing verb
action
•Function: adds to the action
Core: TheThe
car wentcar
into thewent
parking lot.into
Core:
Engine smoking, gears grinding,
the
parking lot.
the car went into the parking lot
Engine smoking, gears grinding,
the car went into the parking lot.
Add an :
Instead of: The man jumped out of the plane.
Write:
• The dog barked at the mailman.
• A noun that adds a second image to a preceding
• noun, restate the noun
• •Function: expands detail in the reader’s
• imagination
•Core: The car went into the parking lot.
•The car, a 1936 Ford, went into the parking lot.
Add an
Instead of:
The tornado swept
across the plains.
Write:
Painting with
• Function: evokes action, makes the reader feel
a part of the experience.
• Core: The car went into the parking lot.
• Sliding on the loose gravel, the car went into
the parking lot.
Add a
Instead of:
The deer stood at the
edge of the woods.
Write:
Painting with
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Shift two adjectives after the noun
Function: intensifies an image, gives it rhythm
(Avoid 3 adjectives in a row)
Core: The car went into the parking lot.
The old car, rusty and dented, went into the
parking lot.
Add
Instead of:
The sun rose over
the lake.
Write:
Add
• Verbs that do action
• Function: effective image tools, energize images
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•Core: The car went into the parking lot.
•The car chugged into the parking lot.
Add
Instead of:
The mysterious plane
flew through the sky.
Write:
Graphic Organizer and Example
Ask: How does it feel? What does it look
like? How does it sound? How does it taste?
How does it smell?
Observation
Cat, branch, dangling
Impression
A cat in trouble,
struggling to hang on
Add a Brushstroke
Claws digging, paws
kicking, the cat clung to
the tree branch
Practice “Zooming In”
Practice “Zooming In”