1. A sentence-creating exercise to thrill your reader!
Ba-Da-Bing!!!
A sentence-creating exercise to
thrill your reader!

2. Problem: Writer can see it, but the reader can’t. Solution: Ba-da-bing!

3. Ba-da-bing!
Think of a specific moment in your life, and I’ll show you a trick. Write a sentence with these three parts:
Where did your feet go?
What did you see?
And, what did you think at that moment?

4. Ba-da-bing! Now you try one!
When I went into the kitchen, I saw my mom at the stove, stirring a pot, “Mmmmm,” I thought, “Chili!”
Now you try one!

5. Ba-da-bing! How many of these would you want in your essay?
Could you change the eye to other senses?
Did you use another word other than “walked”?

6. Ba-da-bing!
When I stepped out onto the stage, I could hear the audience clapping, “What was I so afraid of?” I thought, “This is fun!”

7. What did you see (smell, hear, taste or touch/feel)?
When I stepped out onto the stage, I could hear the audience clapping, “What was I so afraid of?” I thought, “This is fun!”
When I went into the kitchen, I saw my mom at the stove, stirring a pot, “Mmmmm, Chili!” I thought.
smell
Where did your feet go,
What did you think?
hear
see
taste
As I stood at the top of the stairs, I saw my father’s suitcase by the front door, and I thought, “He’s going to be gone a long time.”
What did you see (smell, hear, taste or touch/feel)?
touch