Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Sept. 5, 2006 Assignment
Sept. 5 – Image
Reading: (12 pages)
Burroway:
Handout: “No One’s A Mystery” – Elizabeth Tallent
Writing:
Reading: (12 pages)
Burroway:
- Figures of Speech, pgs. 11-15
- “Facing It” – Yusef Komunyakaa, pg.28
Handout: “No One’s A Mystery” – Elizabeth Tallent
Writing:
- Writing Exercise Due Aug. 31
Image – Colors
Write a short story or poem in which you repeatedly use two different primary colors. Describe these colors without naming them too often – and try to find effective synonyms for the colors without being too obvious about this disguise. How would red and yellow appearing over and over again in drapes, carpets, clothing, hand-made ashtrays, or toilet bowls, affect you as a reader? Choose your pair of colors to play off emotions against each other (red for anger; blue for passivity, for example). Apply this exercise to a situation with which you are already frustrated. No more than 250 words.
* Adapted from Brian Kiteley’s The 3 A.M. Epiphany
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