Chapter 3 Fine Arts: Writing a Diamante
 
 

Background

In a diamante, lines are placed on the page to form a diamond pattern. The subject goes through a notable change, with the shift taking place in the middles lines. See the following example:

Emigrant
(noun)
Excited, eager
(two adjectives)
Walking, Riding, Running
(ing or ed participles describing noun)
Family, friends, strangers, disease
(four nouns; the meaning shifts on the third noun)
Stumbling, fearing, starving
(ing or ed participles showing change)
Exhausted, worn out
(two adjectives)
Westerner
(noun showing completed change)

Write your own diamante:

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