Comments on: The Exquisite Corpse

By: David

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By: Marguerite Demps

Marguerite Demps — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:17:19 +0000

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By: Eve Farrell

Eve Farrell — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:06:45 +0000

To extend this exercise by placing it within a syntactical variety lesson AND (the good stuff) work with lyrical imagery, we used our Exquisite Corpse sentences as seed ideas and provided a paragraph of context (varying sentence structure, of course)to give them a quotidian sense.

This also helped highlight some of the reasons for variety, such as pace, focus, and emphasis. Thus, simple syntax defied expectations because it yielded our most complex ideas, and the complex coordinated the necessary, individual components.

The first paragraph of THE STRANGER is good for discussing syntax and ambiguity.

By: Eve Farrell

Eve Farrell — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:21:45 +0000

Eight rounds of Exquisite Corpse with high school sophomores produced:

*The lovely shirts reminisce.

*Hate concentrated while love roamed.

*The ghostly carpet romps.

Thanks for the inspiration.
A good time was had by all. EF