English Tasks

A new set of tasks have been set for us--in English-- and thus we are now to complete them. The first task challenges us to translate the set s of sentences in a much more convincing and engaging piece of text. By doing so we achieve showing not telling. Using the structure and detailed words to describe and complete showing of the sentences. I have completed the said task, the following is the final product that I have completed.

Task:

" How can we re-write these sentences to “show” and not “tell”?

The buildings were tall.

Sarah was really upset.

She was so happy to see him.

The lake was beautiful."

Show not tell--

It soared--the edifice-- making it seem as if we were mere mites.

Her face distorted, an arch formed with Sarah's lips as her eyes began to water.

The fire of her raged, though the reason not is anger, but joy, as she saw him once more.

From the anguish of the goddess flowed tears; the starfell, from her pain, came an alluring lake reminiscence of the beauty of the goddess.

Following the "show not tell" activity, we then move forward into the topic that is about the opening of a narrative. How within a mere few phrases an introduction to a narrative can be formed. We are tasked with creating an opening to a narrative that comes from our imaginations or in cases such as mine I used the provided images for ideas. I have completed doing so with a sense of vagueness, with them having a seemingly tragic start, a conflict. Though it is not necessarily completed--the narrative--but merely giving a sense of conflict may engage the audience to want for more. 

Completing the final three task meant understanding settings and characters. For the third task, it included writing and being able to describe the setting in which the scene plays in. This would include how the scenery can be imagined and is a landscape that can be viewed. As such it comes back to the previously completed 'Show not Tell' Being able to address a scene as an actual event. In the task presented we were to complete 3 setting up activities, which is writing the settings of a place as we have imagined it.

Following on, still on the topic of settings we were to create a scene that had an action. In such a scene, we were to introduce a character whilst still being able to portray the scene in a realistic view. For this, we were task with only completing one followed by the creation of a character. Firstly we had known the difference between a protagonist as well as an antagonist. In doing so we then have the knowledge to manufacture a character of our choice. The way that I have created a character is by using a short narrative for the said character. Written as if the narrative was a part of a bigger story. Hence I have presented the following tasks on a slideshow.