Story Battle 6 – Grampy’s Little Green Car Goes to the Car Wash vs. Sliced Tomato
Story Battle 6
Story Battles are a fun addition to the Storyland website, just to see the different aspects of the stories I write. The two stories for this battle are:
- Story 1 – Grampy’s Little Green Car Goes to the Car Wash
- Story 2 – Sliced Tomato
The winner of Battle 6 is Grampy’s Little Green Car Goes to the Car Wash with 166 points.
| STORY 1
Grampy’s Little Green Car Goes to the Car Wash
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STORY 2
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| QUESTIONS | Points | Points | ||
| 1. All “H” words – 1 pt each | he, himself, has, have, him, how, have, happy, his, had, house, her | 12 | his, haven’t, how, husband, handing, held, help, herself, hand, her, had, here, have, hurt, handed | 15 |
| 2. What parts of the story are not real? – 10 pts for each | the fact that the car talks, in real life Grampy would wash the car himself, he wouldn’t have taken women for a ride in his car | 30 | the fact that veggies talk, veggies wouldn’t have gotten a shipment of tshirts, veggies wouldn’t have been in a band, veggies would not cut a box open, veggies would not cut themselves, veggies would not use a first aid kit | 60 |
| 3. What parts of the story are real? – 10 pts for each | Grampy is my dad, he did own a car, he did have a garage, women would have waved at him, my dad did have cancer, he did beat cancer | 60 | packing tape on boxes can be thick, tomato juice does come out of a tomato when sliced, | 20 |
| 4. Character description – 1 pt each for each | Grampy didn’t look too bad, his motor purred, car was spotless, Grampy back to his old self | 4 | excitement dancing in his eyes | 1 |
| 5. Mention of a building – 5 pts for each | garage, car wash, house | 15 | barn | 5 |
| 6. Is there dialogue in the story? – 10 pts | yes | 10 | yes | 10 |
| 7. Inanimate object – 1 pt for each | car, garage, car wash, window, engine, windshield, dust, light, door, motor, mats, windows, street, house, garden, driveway, lawn | 17 | t-shirts, box, knife, tape, first aid kit, wall, barn, table | 8 |
| 8. Mention of feelings – 1 pt for each | happy, purred, loved, love, felt very good, better than he had felt, feels so much better, both in their glory | 8 | excitement , excited, felt the knife, I am fine, didn’t even hurt, deserve | 6 |
| 9. Mention of weather- 10 pts | sun was shining | 10 | no mention of weather | 0 |
| 10. Mention of a type of drink – 1 pt for each | no drink mentioned | tomato juice | 1 | |
| TOTAL SCORE: | 166 | 126 | ||
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