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Corbett- Imitation, Variation, Alternate Expressions

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First Imitation:

Model Sentence: They stood outside on the wet pavement of the terrace, pretending that they had not heard us when we called to them from the library.

My Imitation: They huddled together near the snow piled along the sidewalk along the terrace, laughing as they feigned deafness while we hollered to them from the entrance of the library.

Model Sentence: When he offered me the gift and when his classmates, perceiving his embarrassment, discreetly withheld their applause, I gratefully accepted his gesture of friendship.

My Imitation: When he extended his hand that clenched a small parcel, his face visibly flushed scarlet; his classmates quietly choked back their applause, I smiled broadly and grasped his gesture of friendship.

Model Sentence: The gallows stood in a small yard, separate from the main grounds of the prison and overgrown with tall prickly weeds. --George Orwell

My Imitation: The daunting grounds of death displayed itself in an isolated area far off the main grounds, it appeared all the more haunting with the assistance of sharp, prickled weeds that ran sometimes above the lengths of our bodies.

Second Imitation:

Model Sentence: The gallows stood in a small yard, separate from the main grounds of the prison and overgrown with tall prickly weeds. --George Orwell

Variation of the Pattern: In a tiny yard, isolated from the rest of the prison grounds, stood the gallows overrun by long, spiny weeds.

Alternate Expression: Surrounded in a small yard by towering, sharp weeds, the gallows stood isolated from the main grounds of the prison.