ENGL&101 – English Composition I (Online) – The Harlem Renaissance
Trimble Writing Exercise #4
This writing exercise has three parts. Please use this form to complete all three parts and then submit it to me using the drop box at the bottom of the Week 4 page. This week’s exercise asks you to quote passages from your Personal Narrative.
Part 1: After reading Trimble’s section on Vigorous Verbs (50-3) quote one paragraph from your own Personal Narrative that contains at least 3 active verbs. Highlight these verbs in bold and cut and past the paragraph in this space:
Part 2: On page 67, Trimble’s first tip for improving the readability of your writing is to employ short sentences (even super short sentences!) periodically. Use this space to quote 3-4 consecutive sentences from your own Personal Narrative where one of the sentences is only one word long. Use the quoted passage from Gregg Hopkins as an example.
Part 3: On page 70, Trimble’s eighth tip for improving the readability of your writing is to minimize your adjectives. Use this space to quote a paragraph (at least 5 sentences) from your own Personal Narrative that contains no adjectives.