Can anyone help me? please

Question

Help me write a short story using these words approximately, consistent, cope, evaluate, phrase, plea, practical, random significant, sole

Answer 1

Hi there! I agree with Lisa's advice -- her idea of pairing words that you must use.

A question for you:

Were these words chosen by you, or were they assigned?

I would add this piece of advice of my own, if I may:

A story must have narrative elements (a plot), and the narrative has to have have logic in the sense that it involves at least one character who evolves (or devolves) from situation A to situation B. At the heart of any story is drama - usually some form of conflict, say, between one character (a protagonist) and another (an antagonist).

These are just the basics of configuring and writing a narrative.

I have a short-cut for you.

Go ahead and just write your short story. Think of a "plot line" - by which I mean, "What's the central action going to be?" What's the "arc" of that action, it's trajectory? What is the element of conflict that propels the action? Yes, just go ahead and write. Give yourself freedom to invent, to imagine a situation that you think is interesting and would make for compelling reading. If you enjoy your imagined story or plot line, chances are someone reading the story will as well!

Now, once you've finished first outlining or diagramming your short story, then proceed to writing a first draft. Don't worry too much about the words you are supposed to incorporate in your story. Sure, keep them in the back of your mind -- and if the opportunity arises, then by all means use one or several of the words you've been assigned to incorporate.

Once you've got a first draft, you can tweak your story to see where and how you can insert the words (which, on their own, are of course random) in a way that is consistent with the story line. Maybe you have to give your storyline a "twist" - an extra angle or dimension that allows you to logically and effectively use one of the pre-chosen words.

I hope this helps. Good luck! It sounds like a fun exercise!!

Christopher F.

Answer 2

Hi Crystal,

For your short story try to words that have common characteristics or associations. This will help with brainstorming a short story or idea.

Approximately, random and evaluate (math related and relationships)

Consistent and practical (something that happens in a uniform fashion and probably is practical, or reasonable)

Significant and sole (something that has value and importance which could be singular)

Phrase and plea (phrase meaning a sentence which could be required for a plea, or request)

Cope - how to deal with something

I can't write the short story for you, but maybe there's a story related to a sole math exercise that involved a significant part of your grade. Each math equation required an approximate portion of your class time, no random dates were allowed to complete the assignment. Peer evaluations were required. Your teacher wasn't known to grade consistently and wasn't a practical person. Even with pleas and ardent phrases, the math teacher refused to change the due date and you just had to cope.

There you go! Hope this helps.