Creating a Picture

A car crashed.
A car crashed.
Be specific
(What kind of _____?)

police

A police car crashed.

Use adjectives/adverbs to
describe
(What kind of ________?)
(How did it __________?)

bullet ridden
violently

A bullet ridden police car crashed

violently.

into the bridge

A bullet ridden police car crashed

violently into the bridge.

Add phrases
(Where? When?)

A bullet ridden police car crashed violently into the bridge.

Smoke moved through the air.

Smoke moved through the air.
Replace words.

moved
wafted

Smoke wafted through the air.

Use adjectives/adverbs to
describe
(What kind of ________?)
(How did it __________?)

thick
black
gently
cold
night

Thick black smoke gently wafted

through the cold night air.

Thick black smoke gently wafted through the cold night air.
Strategies

1.

Be specific (squad)

2.

Use adjectives and adverbs (thick, black, gently, cold, night)

3.

Add phrases (into the bridge)

4.

Replace words (wafted)

Practice with these lame sentences from the video Frozen Heist
Money flies through the air.
A clown is pulled out of a car.
A man points and shouts.
People fire their guns.
A man falls to the floor.
A man falls backwards.
A bomb explodes.
A clown kicks a man.
Bullets fly.
A man lies on the floor.
A mask lies on the hood of a car.
Things fly through the air.