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Charlotte Bronte

Monday, May 5, 2014

Sentence Imitation

“The first thing I learned that day was this: what you think you know about a person is only a fraction of the story.” ― Gavin Extence, The Universe Versus Alex Woods



Practice modelling the above sentence.  Pick your favourite and post.

27 comments:

  1. The first thing I learned that day was this: everyone has a passion to something wacky and crazy.

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    2. The first thing I learned that day was this: the world has way more good people than bad in it.

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  2. The first thing I learned that day was this: what you think about the emperor is not true, as he always hides his darkest secrets.

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  3. "The first thing I learned that day was this: I had just met the greatest and weirdest friends that a person could ever have."

    ~Jordan

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  4. The first thing I learned that day was this: Butterscotch pudding doesn't mix with carrots. At all.....

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  5. The first thing I learned that day was this: Everything you see right here is fake and if you figure it out, they will kill you.
    'I book that I will never write' by Aidan Ryan

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  6. The first thing that day was this: what you think you know about my cat Polina is probably not true.

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  7. The last thing I learned that day was this: don't believe everything you see or hear, you'll never know what it may result.

    ~Arabella

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  8. The first thing I learned that day was this: all of this was fake and there is more to what meets the eye. Your friends can be your worst enemies.

    ~Ronan

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  9. The first thing I learned that day was this: when you assume everything is as it seems you might not be able to handle the truth.
    ~SJ

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  10. The first thing I learned that day was this: If you assassinate somebody you will get caught that's only a little bit of the story.

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    1. 2 things:
      1, it doesn't make much sense.
      2, WHY SO VIOLENT STILL

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  11. The first thing I learned that day was this: everybody is weird...in their own special way.

    ~Beth

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  12. The first thing I learned that day was this: the treasure map with the path was only a fraction of the solution.

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  13. The first thing I learned that day was this: whatever you try to stop your sibilings from annoying you, they will just annoy you even more.

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    1. Matthew's never like that. Well, maybe a little.

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  14. 1. The first thing I learned that day was this: life is short so enjoy it while it lasts.
    2. The first thing I learned that day was this: if you are cruel to life, life will be cruel to you.

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  15. The first thing I learned that day was this: what you eat doesn't reallly make you full, it's mostly the air that makes you full.

    The first thing I learned that day was this: you shouldn't run with sharp things, or you probably get hurt.

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  16. The first thing I learned that day was this: the only world you have known is unreal and there is more hidden than you think.

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  17. The first thing I learned that day is this: Bobby Joe was NOT a morning person. Also, he didn't like to share the bacon.

    - Amanda

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  18. The first thing I learned that day was this: A is not the jump button in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

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    1. (A is the put-your-self-in-a-bubble-button, or the suicide button)

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