showing-&-telling-大学英语写作

Iwassad.Iwasangry.Youseemedfriendly.Youwerenicetome.Show,don’ttell.•Whatisthedifferencebetweenthesetwosentences?Whichoneisbetterandwhy?TellingTheboywasveryfrightened.ShowingTheboyscreeched(尖叫）interrorandthrewhishandsuptoprotecthimself.Eventhoughhislegsfeltliketheyhadturnedtojelly,hejumpedtohisfeetandtriedtogetoutofthemonster’sreach.Showingvs.TellingTellingThebabywascryingreallyhard.ShowingThebabyletoutahowlthatcouldwakethedead.Tearspouredfromhereyesandherfaceturnedbeetred.Shepoundedherlittlefistsonthefloorandthrewhertoysacrosstheroom.Iknewwewereinforalong,longafternoon.DefinitionofTellingandShowing•Tellingistheuseofbroadgeneralizations.•Showingistheuseofdetails,facts,statistics,examples,anecdotes,quotations,dialogue–elaboration–todevelop,persuade,explain,orenlivenastory.Showingvs.TellingShowingversustellingisoneofthewayswecanmakeourwritingstylemoreeffective.Itismuchbetterto'show'detailsinyourwritinginalivelywayratherthansimplytellingthem.Createavisionforyourreadersohe/shecanseewhatyouareseeinginyourwriting.ShowwithDescription•Whiteshirtsaredumb.•Whiteshirtsarehardtoclean,showpizzastains,andmakeyoulooklikeawaiterinacheesyrestaurant.TherearemanyfascinatingthingstoseeattheFarmer’sMarket,whichhasbeenaroundforalongtime.Rowsoftangerines(柑橘）,crispredapples,longpurpleeggplants,andsucculent（多汁的）strawberriesinvitetheshoppertostopateveryfarmer’sstand.ManyofthefarmersintheFarmers’Markethavesoldtheirhome-grownvegetablesandfruitssincetheearly1900’swhenthemarketwastheonlyplacetobuyfreshfoodinthecity.Nowthemarkethasexpandedtoincludebakeries,funkyantiquestores,andacomicbookvendor.Themarketisavisualfeastfortouristsandakeepsake（纪念品）forourtown.TheBeatlesstartedanewtrendinmusicinthemid-sixties.FormanyAmericanstheeveningofFebruary9,1964,wasaturningpointinmusicalhistory.OnthiseveningtheBeatlesmadetheirdebutinAmericaontheEdSullivantelevisionshow.KathiAnderson,thensixteeninChicago,remembers,“MyfriendsandIsatshakingandhuggingeachotheronthecouchinmylivingroomastheFabFourbouncedoutontothestage.Theirshaggyhairshookastheysang‘IWanttoHoldYourHand’and‘SheLovesYou’withanenergyandsoundwe’dneverheardbefore.Wewereinstantlyandforeverinlove.”ThatnighttheBritishInvasion,asitwascalled,began.SomeGeneralSentencesWithapartner,discusshowtomakethesesentencesshow,ratherthantell.Picktwoandrewritethemonyourown.Themaninthecarwasangry.Iwastiredlastnight.Thepizzawasdelicious.Thecarwasfilthy.