Friday, February 1, 2013

Day 13 – Opening Adverb

“Quickly, they flung a rope with a hook towards him.”

“Slyly, I tried to check my teammates for any sign that they recognized the wrongness of the movement.”

“Overnight, Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on me.”

“Quickly and quietly, over the guard’s head, George walked away.”

“On and on, they walked, but the view did not vary.”

“Instantly, obediently, Jonas had dropped his bike on its side on the path behind his family’s dwelling.”

“Overhead, the branches rustled.”

“Up, up, I climbed over the scraggly rocks, slippery from the evening dew.”

“Gently, like a mother with a little child, she led the heartbroken old man out of the watcher’s line of vision, out of the circle of lamplight.”

“Slowly, very slowly, the snake raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry’s.”

“Unsteadily, she limped across the room and sat in her chair by the window.”

“Slowly, she slid the rest of the way down, and vanished.”

“Carefully, she washed the grease from the plate, and rinsed.”

“Up, up, Icarus went, soaring into the bright sun.”

“Around, around, Rex chased, circling around his own tail.”

“Twice, when the train lurched, he sat up, looking around fiercely.”

 “Sometimes, when the sun dazzled, she went outside, playing outdoors joyfully. “

“Later, when it was time for the smaller children in the cabin to go to bed, Sounder’s master got up, put on his overall jacket, and went outside.”

“Sometimes, after it had been repeatedly announced for students to put their books away, the teacher walked forward, picked up the chalk, and wrote down names.”

“Further south, they saw the graceful necks of the apatosaurs, standing at the water’s edge, their bodies mirrored in the moving surface.”

“Once daily, Jenny picked an armful of lovely flowers, strolling throughout the garden, her smile lit by the sun.”

_____, Jonas concentrated on the screen, waiting for what would happen next.

“Obediently, Jonas concentrated on the screen, waiting for what would happen next.”

______ and ______, they drove through the darkness, and though the rain stopped, the wind rushed by and whistled and made strange sounds.

“On and On, they drove through the darkness, and though the rain stopped, the wind rushed by and whistled and made strange sounds.”

_______, ______ and ______, he got up.

“Now, cautiously and slowly, he got up.”

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