Monday, February 14, 2011
Give Me the Specifics
Today in class we played "The Shell Game." While playing I realized that people guessed the correct shell faster and easier when the questions asked were more specific. This is something that I think can really help in my own writing because sometimes when I use a more "creative" word it becomes too vague then the original word I wanted to use in the first place. Sometimes the writer just needs to give his or her audience the specifics.
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I really enjoyed playing the game as well. I never realized how being specific can make such a difference. If the questions were to vague then finding the shell was impossible. I am going to try and use more specific writing in my papers too.
ReplyDeleteWell with what was it, 9, 12 questions we can have a degree of vagueness to the questions. One doesn't have to be specific without being creative. It can be combined as long as it points out something unique about the shell.
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