Narrative and Vocabulary HW 1 1. apprehensive=fearful Draw a picture of your protagonist (main character) when he/she is apprehensive in your story below. Directions: You may use the phrases below to write a scene from a story you make up where a character feels apprehensive. To add even more depth to your writing, choose a particular Meyers-Briggs character type (see reading) as a character and write that character being apprehensive in a scene from a story you create. Example for Apprehensive: Caitlyn stepped into the new cafeteria for the first time. There were about five hundred kids sitting at parallel lunch tables. She wanted to just sit by herself where the wall length window revealed an inadequate forest, but she thought she should try to be social so she proceeded to the table where kids in all white sat. She was not wearing all white. Each step seemed like a mile and her stomach started feeling rock hard. She grabbed her brown lunch bag harder but her feet took her in the opposite direction: back into the empty school halls. PHYSICAL SIGNALS -face turning ashen, white, -grabbing onto someone -hands jammed into armpits pallid -eyes appearing damp and or self-hugging -hair lifting on the nape and overly bright -breath bursting in and out arms -stuttering and -leg muscles tightening -body odor, cold sweats mispronouncing words, -the body ready to run -clammy hands tremors in the voice -looking all around, especially -trembling lips and chin -jerking movements, behind -tendons standing out in the squirming -a shrill voice neck, a visible pulse -licking the lips -lowering the voice to a -elbows pressing into the -gulping down water whisper as -sprinting or running -keeping back to a wall sides, making one’s body one’s small as possible -sweeping a hand across the or corner -freezing, feeling rooted to forehead to get rid of sweat -shaking uncontrollably the spot -gasping and expelling -gripping something one’s -rapid blinking breath as if pained -knuckles going white -tight shoulders -uncontrollable whimpering -stiff walking -staring but not seeing -pleading, talking to oneself -the knees locking -eyes shut or crying -flinching at noises -beads of sweat on the lip or forehead
Narrative and Vocabulary HW 1 1. apprehensive=fearful Draw a picture of your protagonist (main character) when he/she is apprehensive in your story below. Directions: You may use the phrases below to write a scene from a story you make up where a character feels apprehensive. To add even more depth to your writing, choose a particular Meyers-Briggs character type (see reading) as a character and write that character being apprehensive in a scene from a story you create. Example for Apprehensive: Caitlyn stepped into the new cafeteria for the first time. There were about five hundred kids sitting at parallel lunch tables. She wanted to just sit by herself where the wall length window revealed an inadequate forest, but she thought she should try to be social so she proceeded to the table where kids in all white sat. She was not wearing all white. Each step seemed like a mile and her stomach started feeling rock hard. She grabbed her brown lunch bag harder but her feet took her in the opposite direction: back into the empty school halls. PHYSICAL SIGNALS -face turning ashen, white, pallid -hair lifting on the nape and arms -body odor, cold sweats -clammy hands -trembling lips and chin -tendons standing out in the neck, a visible pulse -elbows pressing into the sides, making one’s body as small as possible -freezing, feeling rooted to the spot -rapid blinking -tight shoulders -staring but not seeing -eyes shut or crying -grabbing onto someone -eyes appearing damp and overly bright -stuttering and mispronouncing words, tremors in the voice -jerking movements, squirming -licking the lips -gulping down water -sprinting or running -sweeping a hand across the forehead to get rid of sweat -gasping and expelling one’s breath as if pained -uncontrollable whimpering -pleading, talking to oneself -flinching at noises -hands jammed into armpits or self-hugging -breath bursting in and out -leg muscles tightening -the body ready to run -looking all around, especially behind -a shrill voice -lowering the voice to a whisper -keeping one’s back to a wall or corner -shaking uncontrollably -gripping something -knuckles going white -stiff walking -the knees locking -beads of sweat on the lip or forehead