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Q&A What are ways to "Show, don't tell" without simply listing bodily actions?

Body language and facial expressions work miracles. Using your example, if a person is scrunching their eyebrows, gritting their teeth, and glaring, we can safely assume that they are angry. The ot...

posted 10y ago by Piper‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:58:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Piper‭ · 2019-12-08T03:58:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
Body language and facial expressions work miracles. Using your example, if a person is scrunching their eyebrows, gritting their teeth, and glaring, we can safely assume that they are angry. The other sentence is kind of extraneous, passing into 'tell' territory.

Speech patterns are another good way to show emotions, for example a person who is angry may swear, repeat words, shout, cut off their sentences, or might be too angry to speak at all.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-01-19T02:12:30Z (almost 10 years ago)
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