Thursday, January 18, 2007

With a Nervous Grin

Rewrite the following paragraph by changing the bolded adjectives and adverbs so that the new paragraph has an entirely different meaning.

With a confident grin, Jeanie leaned up against the locker and smiled sweetly up at Brian. She was supremely confident that he would instantly agree to go to the dance with her. Slyly putting her hand on his arm, she said, in melodious tones, "Brian, do you have plans for the dance?" Brian quickly glanced down the hall. Jeanie was bewildered by the nervous, hesitant look in his eye. "Didn't you hear?" he said quietly. "You're not the most popular girl in school anymore. I can't go to the dance with you."

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Mountain Tale

Write a very short story that ends with the sentence, As he approached the top of the mountain, he raised his hands in victory.