Journal #3: Sense of Place

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Journal #3: Sense of Place • We are going to visit the commons to practice using sensory details. • Find a place to sit and write. • Consider the attitude/feeling you have about this place (in general, at this moment, etc.) • Describe the place using as many senses as you can. Try to use your details to communicate your dominant impression. The Catch: You may not describe what you see

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Journal #3: Sense of Place

• We are going to visit the commons to practice using sensory details.

• Find a place to sit and write.• Consider the attitude/feeling you have about

this place (in general, at this moment, etc.)• Describe the place using as many senses as you

can. Try to use your details to communicate your dominant impression.

• The Catch: You may not describe what you see

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“Piedra” Discussion

• After reading the piece, identify the following:– Dominant Impression– Vantage Point – Method of Organization

• In your groups…– For your element of language, find three good

examples from the essay. – For each example, show how it helps to develop

the dominant impression.