A “Beautiful” Assignment
Due Date:
1st Draft
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nd
2 Draft
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Final
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For the optimistic and romantic, this is the Beautiful assignment. For the pessimistic and cynical, this is the
Ugly assignment. The goal of this assignment: to “show” not “tell.” You need to paint a word picture for
your reader (minimum of TWO pages, double-spaced).
1. Write a description of the most beautiful or the ugliest thing that you have ever seen (you must pick an
object; person or place…maybe, but NO boyfriends or girlfriends).
2. Your initial purpose is to use your writing to help you observe, discover, and learn about your subject.
Your final purpose will be to show your reader what you have seen and learned. (It helps if you pick
something that you can observe repeatedly.)
3. You may NOT use any of the words listed below.
Adorable
Aesthetic
Agreeable
Amazing
Angelic
Attractive
Awesome
Beautiful
Becoming
Breathtaking
Brilliant
Charming
Cute
Dainty
Dazzling
Delicate
Delightful
Desirable
Elegant
Enjoyable
Excellent
Exquisite
Fair
Fantastic
Fine
Glamorous
Glorious
Glowing
Good
Gorgeous
Graceful
Beautiful
Grand
Great
Handsome
Heavenly
Impressive
Incredible
Inspiring
Lovely
Magnificent
Majestic
Marvelous
Nice
Perfect
Pleasant
Pretty
Radical
Ravishing
Ornamental
Spectacular
Splendid
Scenic
Sublime
Sweet
Tasteful
Terrific
Stunning
Unbelievable
Wonderful
Ugly
Aberrant
Abhorrent
Abnormal
Absurd
Agonizing
Appalling
Awful
Bizarre
Bleak
Boring
Deformed
Depressing
Dingy
Dire
Dirty
Dishonorable
Disgraceful
Displeasing
Distasteful
Distorted
Dreadful
Dumb
Fearful
Gaudy
Ghastly
Gnarly
Grim
Grisly
Gross
Grotesque
Grubby
Gruesome
Hideous
Horrendous
Horrible
Horrid
Ignorant
Ill-favored
Ill-tempered
Junky
Miserable
Monstrous
Nasty
Obscene
Offensive
Putrid
Rough
Sad
Shabby
Shocking
Stupid
Tacky
Tasteless
Terrible
Terrifying
Ugly
Undignified
Unpleasant
Unsightly
Warped
Weird