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Elaboration

Elaboration . What Is It? How Does It Enhance (Help) My Writing? How Will Help Me in the Future? . Directions: Use your dictionary and/or thesaurus to complete the charts. Elaborate(Definition of Verb)_______________________________________________________________________________________

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Elaboration

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  1. Elaboration What Is It? How Does It Enhance (Help) My Writing? How Will Help Me in the Future?

  2. Directions: Use your dictionary and/or thesaurus to complete the charts. • Elaborate(Definition of Verb)_______________________________________________________________________________________ • What are examples? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • What is a non-example?_____________________________________________________________________________________

  3. Elaborate • Elaborate(Definition of Verb Form) 1.worked out with great care and detail; 2. to add details to writing or speaking; 3. to give fuller treatment; to work out to perfection

  4. Examples/Non-examples • What is a non-example? A boring sentence such as the following: The Jaguars played last night. • What is an example? The quick-footed Jaguars kept up a swift pace, pounding the court and savagely blocking their opponents.

  5. Elaborate: Synonyms and Antonyms • Synonyms: ______________________ _____________________________ • Antonyms: ___________________________ ____________________________________

  6. Elaborate as a Verb • Synonyms: to detail, to explain, to describe (carefully), to specify, to clarify, to refine, to improve • Antonyms: to gloss over, to limit, to oversimplify • Adjective forms for elaborate: intricate, detailed, ornate, embroidered, delineated

  7. Graphical Representation What Makes It Elaborate?

  8. Art Nouveau Style By Gustav Klimt Elaborate Design

  9. Many Ways to Elaborate in Your Writing • What are some ways to add detail and interest to your writing?

  10. Elaborate, How? • Quotes • Similes, metaphors, analogies • Anecdotes • Examples • Strong, vivid verbs and adjectives • Facts, statistics • Sensory Images or Word Pictures

  11. Sensory Details • As writers we can create vivid pictures by using words that appeal to our readers’ senses. Words that engage the senses of hearing, sight, touch, taste, and smell will help readers to experience what you are describing.

  12. Directions: Read the sentences on page 39 and then write the sensory words on the lines provided. Example #1 The old and rusty steel door creaked as we opened it.

  13. This Is Not Rocket Science. • Old • Rusty • Creaked

  14. Sensory Details in a Paragraph. Directions: List the Sensory Images in the Paragraph on page 41.

  15. Use Elaboration • Describe using sensory details--in complete paragraph form-- a photo or image from a magazine or art print. Use the chart provided for assistance in using sensory details.

  16. Rubric for Descriptive Writing • A rubric helps you figure out what’s important in writing. • This one is scaled from highly competent to partially competent.

  17. Why Bother? • Those who can communicate effectively in speaking and writing have a skill that employers value. Using sensory details is one quality required for the articulate employee. A survey of business managers in 2008 ranked “ability to effectively communicate” as in the top 5 most valuable skills an employee needs to succeed.

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