Elaboration means to tell more...and more...and them some MORE about your topic. Fantastic writers never leave their readers wondering what happened or what they saw, felt, smelled, tasted, and heard. Young authors should try to add elaborations in the form of...
1. Anecdotes - short stories based on a personal experience
2. Examples - provide a specific detail about an idea
3. Definitions - restatements that explain an unfamiliar word
4. Descriptions - create vivid mental images for the reader
Directions: Read the following paragraph and add your own elaborations. Try to use 2-3 of the types of elaborations listed above.
I like making rainbow loom bracelets. Making bracelets is so much fun! It is cool to make bracelets. You can make all kinds of things with rubber bands. I have lots of rubber band bracelets.
1. Anecdotes - short stories based on a personal experience
2. Examples - provide a specific detail about an idea
3. Definitions - restatements that explain an unfamiliar word
4. Descriptions - create vivid mental images for the reader
Directions: Read the following paragraph and add your own elaborations. Try to use 2-3 of the types of elaborations listed above.
I like making rainbow loom bracelets. Making bracelets is so much fun! It is cool to make bracelets. You can make all kinds of things with rubber bands. I have lots of rubber band bracelets.