Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov Fullscreen Golden calf (1931)

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EXPRESSIVE EPITHETS

1.

Vicious 2.

Savage

OTHER PARTS OF SPEECH

1.

Ninth 4.

So be it!

2.

Eleventh 5.

Onward!

3.

Let!

(Also interjections, prepositions, conjunctions, commas, ellipses, exclamation points, quotes, etc.).

Note: Commas are placed before “which,” “not,” and “but”; ellipses, excl. points, and quotes should be used wherever possible.

SECTION II. CREATIVE EXAMPLES (COMPOSED EXCLUSIVELY OF THE WORDS FROM SECTION I)

EXAMPLE I. AN EDITORIAL

The Ninth Wave

The Eastern Line is an iron horse, which, raising the sands of the past with its steely gait, propels history forward, while revealing yet more vicious screeches by the slanderous enemy, upon which the ninth wave is already rising, threatening the eleventh hour, the last hour for the lackeys of imperialist Moloch, that capitalist Ba’al; yet, despite the flaws, may the banners glow and also soar by the beacon of industrialization, the beacon that gleams to the workers’ hails, which, to the sound of singing hearts, reveal the dawn of new life: onward!

EXAMPLE II. A FEATURE ARTICLE

So be it!

—Onward!

It gleams to the workers’ hails.

It reveals the dawn of the new life . . .

—The beacon!

—Of industrialization!

Yes, there are certain flaws.

So be it.

But, oh, how they glow . . . how they fly . . . those flags!

Those banners!

Yes, there’s Ba’al of capitalism.

There’s Moloch of imperialism.

So be it!

But, bearing down upon their lackeys are:

—The ninth wave!

—The eleventh hour!

—The twelfth night!

Let them slander!

Let them screech!

Let the savage, vicious enemy reveal itself!

History is on the move.

The sands of the past are raised by the striding steel.

It’s the “iron horse!”

It’s:

—The Eastern!

—Line!

“The hearts sing . . .”

EXAMPLE III. A POEM

A) The Twelfth Fight

The hearts all sing with steely strain,