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Absolutes The Zoom Lens. Mechanically Inclined Lesson 1.6 (p. 79). Counting Bats by THAO THAI. I tell you we’ve got bats.
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AbsolutesThe Zoom Lens Mechanically Inclined Lesson 1.6 (p. 79)
Counting Batsby THAO THAI I tell you we’ve got bats. Not just one, which might be extraordinary—or two, which could be cute—not even three, a vaguely threatening almost-gang. But four. Four of them perch on the mosquito netting above me, claws gripping the fine, flossy strands that wind protectively around my head.
AbsolutesThe Zoom Lens Focus the reader’s visualization on something small in the larger wide-angle shot of the sentence
A noun + an –ing, -ed, or -en verb (lip quivering, fist knotted, heart broken) • N + adverb (head down) • N + adjective (shirt white and crisp) • N + preposition (pen in hand) • Preposition + N + any of the above (with hair standing up on the back of her neck) • Possessive pronoun + N + any of the above (his knees drawn to his chest)
Arms swinging, voices screeching, the children ran through the field stirring up insects. The blue and white Christmas tree, lights gleaming in the snowy night, was absolutely gorgeous.
