Writing Exercises (June 2025)

 

Example of a Polyptoton -- one that is my personal belief:

Never say never because you never know what will happen.  

Example of Hyperbole: She is always on her phone.

Two Listening Exercises:

Try to write your thoughts and feelings after hearing this piece of music: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis:\

I listened and, in my mind, entered church. Quiet, peaceful, hopeful, in the arms of the Lord.  

Listening to music from Disney’s film Fantasia:

I have listened to and watched the 84 years old Disney movie Fantasia music at least once a year for 30 years. This is somewhat of a tradition and a slip back in time to a lighter, simpler way of life. My kids were small then and we would gather around the TV and place the tape in the tape machine with popcorn and iced tea. Tape machines don't exist anymore.

The pieces played in the movie were written by a composite of classical composers and were carefully selected and performed by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

1. This music makes me feel young, safe, happy, encouraged and hopeful. I will remember and listen again and again.

From Georgia