Thursday, March 11, 2010

1. Cliché.

Cliché paragraph:

One early September morning, as the wind whistled while the grass glistened with dew, the birds were singly cheerfully. In a nearby apartment, a Mexican man had just woke up from a siesta. This man's name is Jesus Lopez, and he is no ordinary man. Currently, Mr. Lopez was putting his sombrero on for a hard days work, while checking out the size of his massive gut in the mirror. Work was difficult for Mr Lopez, not only was he an illegal immigrant, but had eight children to feed. At the end of the day, it was hard for him to keep cool as a cucumber. Although with all due respect, he could work better if he had better synergy. But anyways, to make a long story short, it wasn't rocket science that this Mexican was putting 110% into back breaking work, almost 24/7. With all due respect mind you, this moment in time is mostly due to his lack of education, and his love of family. Beleive it or not, this caused him to get siestas only when he could, and he rarely had time to enjoy a taco. The hard life this man leads.

Reworked paragraph, removing clichés

Ebo ran to work, not because he was late, but because he enjoys the pleasure that exercise induced endorphin release brings. He stopped outside his work building, entered it, and headed for the stairs. Once in the stair well, Ebo starting thinking about his life whilst walking up them. His life is busy, yet is having a great time working hard as he basks in the joy that a university degree has brought his boyfriend, and himself. With no children, Ebo is a peculiar Mexican. Adding to this is his legal status in America. That is, he isn't an illegal immigrant. Ebo thought his life was rather droll, and unconventional. His nipples erected at this point, as they tend to do when he thinks this thought. But this subsided as Ebo reached his floor, and starting feeling so happy that he started to click his fingers. Ebo was also ecstatic about his lunch, Sushi. Sushi that his professional American football playing boyfriend bought for him. How nice of he.

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