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  • Read These Character Descriptions, Change The Character Descriptions To A Show Rather Than Tell Technique

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    The document provides examples of character descriptions that use a "tell" technique versus a "show" technique. It suggests improving descriptions by showing aspects of a character through specific details about their appearance and behavior rather than directly telling traits about them. The examples show how a description can be enhanced by indicating a character's height and hair through their smile that reveals white teeth, or conveying a boy's fear through the depiction of his shaking hands and eyes dark with fear rather than directly saying he was terrified.

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    The document provides examples of character descriptions that use a "tell" technique versus a "show" technique. It suggests improving descriptions by showing aspects of a character through specific details about their appearance and behavior rather than directly telling traits about them. The examples show how a description can be enhanced by indicating a character's height and hair through their smile that reveals white teeth, or conveying a boy's fear through the depiction of his shaking hands and eyes dark with fear rather than directly saying he was terrified.

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    Read These Character Descriptions, Change The Character Descriptions To A Show Rather Than Tell Technique

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    Jolene
    The document provides examples of character descriptions that use a "tell" technique versus a "show" technique. It suggests improving descriptions by showing aspects of a character through specific details about their appearance and behavior rather than directly telling traits about them. The examples show how a description can be enhanced by indicating a character's height and hair through their smile that reveals white teeth, or conveying a boy's fear through the depiction of his shaking hands and eyes dark with fear rather than directly saying he was terrified.

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    Read these character descriptions, change the character descriptions to a show rather than tell

    technique.

    Character description Improved version using Show not Tell technique.

    He was tall and had dark, wavy hair.


    When he smiled, he had lots of perfect
    white teeth. He seemed perfect in every
    way, but in fact he was a hard-hearted
    killer.

    The boy was clearly terrified. His hands


    were shaking, and his eyes were dark
    with fear. He was wearing tatty clothes
    and had dirty fingernails. He looked like
    he hadn’t eaten in a long time.

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