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pirate curses
[so… I tagged this one as informative/expository writing because I guess you are just describing something, but if you think about it… it really should be persuasive because a really good description would persuade someone not to touch that treasure chest… and to make it really good, you should probably embed that description in a story, so that there’s some consequences and motivation for opening it… so, this prompt, like so many others, is actually some kind of overlapping Venn diagram of Common Coreness… real writing doesn’t play nice, does it? I made this comment recently: the best non-fiction I know is narrative. But, it’s really all three at once. Fine, I’ll make a picture to show it:
For examples of writers who hit the center of that Venn diagram, I’d probably point to these:
Michael Lewis: Moneyball and The Big Short
David Foster Wallace: Consider the Lobster and A Supposedly Fun Thing…
George Saunders: The Braindead Megaphone
All this to say, I struggle with putting prompts up and assigning them a Common Core category… it seems pretty rare and artificial to have a prompt that fits in just one category. Ugh. I don’t know who to see about this.
Also, as long as I’ve got you on the line, and I’m commenting on this one… fair warning to teachers: use this prompt at your own risk.]
UPDATE: @rogre with this: “A pirate interests himself with uncommon ore, not Common Core.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/69510efdeefed64579ba2daabe7b3b8f/tumblr_mldxrxmGCm1qee12to1_r1_1280.png) |
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What happens when you open the chest, you ask? Well, I'll answer. First, your legs will grow hair so long that you will be unable to move. Next, your eyes will bulge out of your head, and dry out. Then your outh will become completely dry, to the point where you can no longer breathe. You will be kept alive, however, because of the curse. You will suffer with the inability to move, suffocation, and no sight. But this is not all that the curse will do to you. Your arms will fall right off, and skin will immediately grow over the wound. Your chest will rot away, and termites, coming from your rotted belly button, will eat your teeth. All of this, and, your ears will shrivel up, and become black. Soon after, your ears will catch on fire, burn off your hair, and leave your face with most likely a lot of burns.
