Lecture Exercise Week 9 by Chan Hui Lim

Exercise 1: Scene Rewrite in 3 POVs

Scene Prompt: A character walks into a crowded room and realises someone he/she fears is there.

1. First-person: I walk into the lecture classroom and realises Ali is fears in the classroom. I should have asked him about the actual reason that he stayed in this room and feel fear, but the words never came. I feel scared to ask him because I never talk with him before.

2. Third-person: When Maya entered the lecture classroom, she saw Ali is fears in that room. She felt scared because Ali did not want to say anything even Maya keeps asking him a lot of questions.

3. Second-person: Ali, why are you felt fear in this lecture classroom? Is there any problem that you are facing or somebody bully you? You are the student that always keep positive emotions in class.

Exercise 2: Describe a character who is jealous without using the word jealous.

1. First-person: I hate my younger brother because my dad only bought him a pair of new shoes, not for me. I think my younger brother forced away my father's love for me, making him love me less than before.

2. Third-person limited: Maya's father only bought a new pair of shoes for his younger brother, not for her. She felt very uncomfortable in her heart. She felt that her father's love for her had decreased, and he didn't love her as much as before.

3. Omniscient: Dad only bought a new bag for his younger brother yesterday. I feel very angry because my dad didn't buy it for me. My younger brother is very happy because he has received a new gift. I was afraid that my father's love for me would disappear forever, but my father told me that I have grown up and don't need these things anymore.

Exercise 3: Voice Check (First-person POV) 

Write a paragraph in first-person from the character had made an accident.

1. A 10-year-old child: I went to the waterfall with my neighbor's car today. We suddenly encountered a car accident on our way to the waterfall. I think it's very scary. I am very anxious because this is my first time experiencing a car accident and I don't know what to do. I saw that the person next to me seemed to be seriously injured. He had lost a lot of blood, and I dared not approach him. I left the car with the help of medical staff. They took me to the hospital and simply bandaged my wound.