Some simple examples on the use of rhetorical devices and good paragraphs

He dashed towards the little girl, grabbed the lollipop, grinned at her and gobbled up the lollipop.


Thirty centimetres... he tried to grab...
No luck.
Twenty centimetres... he extended his arms and grabbed again...
Still No... ...
Ten centimetres... he gathered all his might and threw himself towards Bobo...
He missed and fell.


The zookeeper looked along the can food aisle.
No sign of Tom.
He looked along the frozen food aisle.
Not a trace.
He looked along the fruit aisle.
There he was!



______One fine morning, Joe and his family decided to go to the zoo. Joe and his sister were very excited and kept on jumping non-stop. When they reached the zoo, they began to explore the zoo. Little did they know they were in for a big surprise. Suddenly, a cheeky little monkey picked itself up, jumped over the fence and flew towards Joe. It scooped his hat up, twirled around, strode towards the main gate of the zoo and made an escape. Some visitors at the zoo saw the monkey running out of the zoo and quickly alerted the zookeeper.





______It was a regular day along Tampines Road, but it was not the normal scene there. Brownie, a mischievous monkey that had escaped from the zoo, was sitting on a fence snatching the belongings of the passers-by. A woman who was on her way to the supermarket had her hat grabbed off her head by the playful creature. Two other ladies who witnessed the 'crime' were so stunned that they scampered away as quickly as their legs could carry them.

______After he had some fun with the humans, Brownie wandered off to the streets because he was hungry. Brownie headed to the main road to look for food. While he was perched on a tree by the road, he spotted a truck loaded with bright yellow bananas! He swung himself off the branch, landed itself on the truck, and ate one banana after another without the driver noticing. It was only when Brownie hurled the banana skin at a passer-by that the driver was alerted to the presence of the monkey. He immediately stopped the truck and chased the “thief” off his vehicle.

______The nonchalant monkey scampered into a nearby supermarket and entered the place sneakily. He went from aisle to aisle, messing up the place and making cans and tins tumble down. As he was doing this, a little girl standing behind him wailed in shock and pain because the tins and cans had landed on her.

______At this point, people around Brownie sprang into action. One woman dialled for the police with trembling fingers, while another dashed to rescue the little girl. A few other brave men tried to catch the monkey and not let him escape before the zookeepers arrived at the scene.

______Finally, Brownie knew that his freedom had come to an end. He simply went into the cage that his keepers had brought to the supermarket. Afterall, he was beginning to miss the fun of playing with his friends at the zoo.