Creative Writing Prompts 1. You’re digging in your garden and find a fist-sized nugget of gold. 2. Write about something ugly — war‚ fear‚ hate‚ cruelty — but find the beauty (silver lining) in it. 3. The asteroid was hurtling straight for… 4. Write about your early memories of faith‚ religion‚ or spirituality; yours or someone else’s. 5. 5. Silvery flakes drifted down‚ glittering in the bright light of the harvest moon. The blackbird… 6. The detective
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A slight breeze blew throughout the dandy forest‚ swaying the stiff lifeless trees and blowing the black stained leaves across my bare white feet. As I stumbled across the dead landscape‚ a slight fog swam around blending in with the increasingly falling snow. Hundreds of dark wood surrounding me seemed to slowly cave in‚ creating a narrow cave-like passage. An eerie feeling swept over me‚ and I stopped completely‚ analysing every detail around me. The smog became thicker‚ blinding the scenery and
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In Cold Blood Essay The movie Capote‚ demonstrates Truman Capote’s uses an overly manipulative interrogation style. Which raised the question: If he can manipulate the people he is interviewing into telling them what he wants‚ how is he going to manipulate his readers to believe what he wants them to? Throughout In Cold Blood‚ Truman Capote morphs the story with his biased points of view and overly dramatic word choice which inhibits readers from developing their own opinions and knowing what truly
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IN COMPOSING: 4 to 5 pages should be written in this task‚ out of 15 marks. Make explicit reference to and use these words- belonging/ not belonging/exclusion and synonyms. Consider: Exploring a shift from belonging to not belonging and alienation The nature of belonging in this situation Motives‚ catalysts Consequences‚ results‚ effects Feelings and attitudes Use key social identities that anchor or challenge belonging: family‚ friends‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ class lifestyle
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Creative Writing: The Chase from the view of the chased Leaving the jewelry store at a rather accelerated pace‚ a common‚ plain- clothed man with a parcel tucked under his arm jumped into his white‚ slightly dirtied Ford Bronco. He then hurriedly concealed the package under the front passenger seat making certain to prevent it from being seen from people passing by. He then tore out of the parking lot attempting to avoid drawing attention to himself or his accompanying bundle. He knew it would
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English Creative Writing The soft cushions‚ the filtered light fell upon the faded‚ dusty dark carpet. “She was a good woman‚ your Grandmother‚ she taught me a lot‚” said Jenna‚ trying to comfort me in my despair. I didn’t reply because it would encourage more of her pointless words of sympathy‚ adding to the awkwardness of the situation. “Would you like to hear about our experience at the lake in the summer of 1965?” Jenna exclaimed. Although I did not want more pathetic words of comfort‚ this
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In Cold Blood‚ by Truman Capote tells the story of when the poor Clutter family was slaughtered in Holcomb‚ Kansas in 1959. In Cold Blood took six years for Capote to investigate and write‚ and it put an incredible amount of pressure on Truman‚ so much so that he never published another book again. Even though in cold Blood doesn’t have a great ending‚ the book was worth reading because of the intriguing plot‚ dark tone‚ and the interesting characters. One reason for why I liked the book‚ In Cold
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1. In the novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote‚ based on a true story‚ there is no one main character. There is actually two main characters. The two main characters are the killers of the Clutter family‚ Mr. Perry Edward Smith‚ and Mr. Richard Eugene Hickock. These two men murdered the Clutter family for some money‚ which in total was about $40. They decided to leave no witness to this gruesome crime. Mr. Perry Edward Smith is one of the main characters in this novel. One of the conflicts Smith
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Creative writing first draft In today’s modern society‚ media is everywhere. Even at an early stage in life‚ people are heavily exposed to media. According to a study concluded by Kaiser Family Foundation (2010)‚ teenagers spend about 53 hours per week on different sort of media; such as television‚ internet‚ and film. As it has become a huge part of people’s everyday lives‚ one may question what role this plays in terms of shaping the opinions and positions of the younger generation. In
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Character Development: Techniques Truman Capote used several techniques to develop the characterization of the killers in his book‚ In Cold Blood. But primarily‚ Truman Capote uses anecdotes to describe the characters of Dick and Perry. An anecdote being‚ “a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.” He does this by describing their child lives‚ and how they became who they are in the present. An example of how Capote described the character of Perry is: “ He was
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