Study Strategy: SENTENCE WRITING BUILDING AND RECOGNIZING CONTEXT AND CONNOTATION
Poor- The man was abominable for what he did. Ok- The abominable man knocked the old lady down. Ideal- The man’s actions were abominable, for he first stole a gun then used it to hold up a bank.
Poor- I wore a monocle. Ok- The monocle that I wore to see broke. Ideal- The monocle, which only covers my left eye, had a scratch on the lens.
Poor- The city was annihilated. Ok- After the fires, the buildings in the town were annihilated. Ideal- The hurricane left the town annihilated: buildings destroyed, no electric, no running water, and numerous dead.
VOC TASK Choose five words your partner defined and write a poor, ok, and ideal sentence for each of the three. That is a total of fifteen sentences.