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Creative Writing Strategies: Exploring Paul Bunyan's Unique Style

This exercise delves into the imaginative world of creative writing, inspired by Paul Bunyan's whimsical prose. In a memorable opening line, Bunyan transports us to a winter so extreme that it transforms nature itself. By analyzing his unique sentence structure and style, you will identify effective creative writing strategies. Then, emulate Bunyan’s technique by crafting your own paragraph that captures a similarly fantastical essence. Additionally, we will explore various sentence structures to enhance your writing versatility.

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Creative Writing Strategies: Exploring Paul Bunyan's Unique Style

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  1. Brain Flexor: Identifying Creative Writing Strategies - #2 • “Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before.” Paul Bunyan • Identify the creative writing strategy. • Write your own imitation paragraph, using Bunyan’s paragraph as a model.

  2. Identifying Sentence Structures • Identify each of the following sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. • I made an airplane out of stone.("Stone Airplane") • I put a piece of cantaloupe underneath the microscope.("Nope") • Oaties stay oaty, and Wheat Chex stay floaty, and nothing can take the puff out of Puffed Rice.("Cereal") • While fishing in the blue lagoon, I caught a lovely silver fish.("The Silver Fish") • They say if you step on a crack, you will break your mother's back.("Sidewalking") • They just had a contest for scariest mask, and I was the wild and daring one who won the contest for scariest mask--and (sob) I'm not even wearing one.("Best Mask?")

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