The dreamer by junot diaz

YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHdzv1NfZRM

1. Answering the following about the above video: what does the speaker mean about "show, not tell?" How would you make this strategy a part of your descriptive techniques when writing a personal narrative?

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YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T08PmnRiGCo

2. What is sensory language according to the above video? How might you use the five senses to liven up your descriptive writing in your personal narrative? Even if you can't use all five senses in your story, try to use as many as possible.

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YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaPR0y89s6Y

3. What are the five parts of a story arc according to the above video? What is the specific conflict that readers will encounter when you create your narrative section that contains rising action, and what do you think the climax will turn out to be?

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YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28FyDT4cKrg

4. What is illustration/exemplification, and how is this used in writing? Would the use of detailed examples help you in your personal narrative (this answer differs for each person)? How do you think the use of examples would work in an informative or persuasive essay?

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https://www.utne.com/politics/right-place-wrong-face

"Right Place, Wrong Face" by Alton Fitzgerald White

5. Please right a five to seven sentence or so summary of the the above non-fiction essay by Alton Fitzgerald White.

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http://www.junotdiaz.com/2012/05/19/the-dreamer/

"The Dreamer" by Junot Diaz

6. write a five to seven sentence or so summary of the above non-fiction essay by Junot Diaz

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_7. write a five to seven sentence summary of what happens in the story.

How Amy Tan’s family stories made her a storyteller

YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNGYAw_3JQ0