Life of Writing

corbett imitation

Lindsey Yong

Sentence patterns exercise

Model sentence: The gallows stood in a small yard, separate from the main grounds of the prison and overgrown with tall prickly weeds. – George Orwell, Burmese Days

The girl danced in the classroom, stuck in her own little world of skipping beats and rhythms.

Model Sentence: To have even a portion of this illuminated reason and true philosophy is the highest state to which nature can aspire, in the name of intellect. – John Henry Newman, The Idea of a University.

To have laughter, happiness, and joy acquired all at once in her life, was the greatest gift anyone could have ever received.

Model Sentence: The real art that dealt with life directly was that of first men who told their stories round the savage campfire

The thoughts that first originated was from philosophers who inspired others to think and achieve happiness and wisdom

Variation and expression

The gallows stood in a small yard, separate from the main grounds of the prison and overgrown with tall prickly weeds

Variation: The tops of the grass blew in the yard, where the ground was distant from the prison of weeds.

Expression: The gallows spread across the yard, where the grounds of the prison was overshadowed by the tall prickly weeds