E3 Writer's Mark : November 2025

BUILDING BLOCK EXAMPLE SENTENCES

w/w The boy who helped me yesterday is in my history class.

w/w The book, which I read last week, was very interesting.

bc The teacher is happy because everyone worked hard in class.

ly She spoke softly to the frightened kitten.

www.asia (when while where as since if although)

Take your coat when you leave.
I will watch your luggage while you rest.
He is working where the fence broke yesterday.
My brother sings as he does his homework.
She has been much happier since the bully left the school.
Do not drag your feet if you want to be on time.
My mother is a great cook although we do not always appreciate it.

prep The puppy in the pet store window won my heart.

PA The challenge was invigorating.

VV Do not procrastinate!

ENHANCEMENTs

(MET) metaphor

(SIM) simile

(ALLIT) alliteration

(ASON) assonance

repetition of vowels sounds w/o rhyming

(Q) Rhetorical Question

(QUOTE) Quote

(T/C-VSS) very short sentences T/C

(4-SHADOW) Foreshadowing

(4-LANG) Foreign Lang. phrase

(LIT) Literary allusion/reference

(HIS) Historical allusion/reference

(ARTs) Art, Music, Dance allusion/reference

(RPC) Retro & Pop Culture reference

(IDIOM) Figurative Expression

meaning not deducible by the individual words

(ANALOGY) comparison of relationships

set up specifically: teacher is to student; coach is to player

(PUN) Word Play usually humorous

(HYP) Hyperbole

(A+) Appositive invisible w/w

noun or phrase that renames/describes noun

M3 Examples

(M3-adj) The rolling, tumbling, cascading river took him, and he worked hard to stay afloat. (This could also be indicated as M3-ing)

(M3-adj) The sky was a beautiful, bright, blue dome dotted with fluffy white clouds.

(This could also be indicated as an ALLIT)

(M3-ly) My dance teacher told me to move gracefully, confidently, and joyfully.

(M3-7) Amused, charmed, and pleased by the birthday riddle, my uncle chortled in his joy.

(M3-7) Frustrated, frightened, and tired, the child hid under his bed and cried.

(M3-vb) He walked across the bridge, looked out over the edge, and smiled with happiness.

(M3-4) Standing, balancing, and grinning, my ten month old brother gleefully reached for my outstretched hands.

(M3-n) The boys visited shelters, orphanages, and retirement homes in their mission to bring Christmas joy to those who might be lonely.

(M3-n) She won the accolades of her peers, the admiration of her siblings, and the approval of her parents when her book hit the bestseller list. (noun phrases)

(M3-intj) And just like that . . . pow, zap, bang, she disappeared in a cloud of smoke. This could also be indicated as (M3-o)

(M3-intj) What? Yikes! No! When I opened the door, an avalanche of shoes poured down from the mountain of footwear in his closet.

(M3-o) He heard the logs on the fire sizzle, crack, and pop as they warmed the room that cold winter day.

(M3 vss) Rain pounded on the windows. Thunder violently boomed and crashed. Lightning streaked the sky.

OWLs

• Anaphora: Repeats a word or phrase at the start of every line or passage. (I Have a Dream - MLK)

• Anthimeria: Uses one part of speech in place of another. BEWARE! It can easily become silly and is often overused.

• Antiphrasis: uses a word with an opposite meaning for ironic or humorous effect. "We named our chihuahua Goliath."

• Appositive: places a noun or noun phrase next to another noun for descriptive purposes.

• Chiasmus: reverses of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases or sentences. A chiasmus reverses grammatical structure, not necessarily w/ the exact same words.

* Antimetabole: reverses the EXACT SAME words in the sentence

• Epanalepsis: repeats a similar grouping of words at the beginning of a sentence and at the end. The repeated words act as "bookends.

• Epistrophe (AKA: Epiphora): repeats ending words (Gettysburg Address)

• Epizeuxis: repeats one word for emphasis

• Hyperbole: greatly exaggerates something for emphasis

• Metanoia: corrects or qualifies a statement to strengthen it or soften it in some way.

• Personification: is figurative.

It projects characteristics that normally belong only to humans onto inanimate objects, animals, deities, or forces of nature. Personification is figurative.

• Anthropomorphism is literal.

With anthropomorphism the non-human entities actually do human things. (Thomas the Tank Engine, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Rabbit)

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