1. Expand the meaning of each sentence by adding adjectives. (Dinner cooks.) (Clown chuckled.) (Car raced.)

(Dancer spun.) (Panthers growled.) (Leaves fall.)

(Bread baked.) (Lake glistened.) (Ship glides.)

2. Using the sentences above, expand the meaning by adding adverbs.

3. Using any five of the sentences from #2, expand the meaning by adding a compound word to each sentence.

4. Using any three of the sentences from #3, expand the meaning by adding a prepositional phrase to each sentence.

5. Using any one of the sentences from #4, expand the meaning by adding a synonym to this sentence.

the main character of "the secret life of walter mitty" retreats into a false pretense as a means escape from his mundane reality -- this is a flagrant issue seen in societies abroad, typically found in young adults and it is robbing our youths of their childhood.

explanation:

a thesis -- a well developed, formal thesis is required to be one sentence long. there are many themes in "the secret life of walter mitty" and i had resolved to give you one of the simpler ones while still honing it with class.

your eyes are the first things that you open

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.