英语写作技巧,showing instead of telling.ppt

Show, don’t tell. What is the difference between these two sentences? Which one is better and why? Telling The boy was very frightened. Showing The boy screeched(尖叫） in terror and threw his hands up to protect himself. Even though his legs felt like they had turned to jelly, he jumped to his feet and tried to get out of the monster’s reach. Showing vs. Telling Telling The baby was crying really hard. Showing The baby let out a howl that could wake the dead. Tears poured from her eyes and her face turned beet red. She pounded her little fists on the floor and threw her toys across the room. I knew we were in for a long, long afternoon. Definition of Telling and Showing Telling is the use of broad generalizations. Showing is the use of details, facts, statistics, examples, anecdotes, quotations, dialogue – elaboration– to develop, persuade, explain, or enliven a story. Show with Description White shirts are dumb. White shirts are hard to clean, show pizza stains, and make you look like a waiter in a cheesy restaurant. There are many fascinating things to see at the Farmer’s Market, which has been around for a long time. The Beatles started a new trend in music in the mid-sixties. Some General Sentences With a partner, discuss how to make these sentences show, rather than tell. Pick two and rewrite them on your own. * I was sad. I was angry. You seemed friendly. You were nice to me. Showing vs. Telling Showing versus telling is one of the ways we can make our writing style more effective. It is much better to show details in your writing in a lively way rather than simply telling them. Create a vision for your reader so he/she can see what you are seeing in your writing. Rows of tangerines (柑橘）, crisp red apples, long purple eggplants, and succulent （多汁的） strawberries invite the shopper to stop at every farmer’s stand. Many of the farmers in the Farmers’ Market have sold their home-grown vegetables and fruits since the early