When I was growing up, I loved Mad Libs. The excitement of sort of writing your own story really appealed to me. So I thought it would be fun to mesh that love with my love of books by turning blurbs into mad libs and letting you guys write your own book blurbs.
For anyone that doesn't know how Mad Libs work, I will ask you for certain parts of speech or other specific things (i.e.: date, age, color, etc.) which you will write down. After you have completed your list, scroll down below the cover image to find the redacted blurb. Then read through it substituting your words where applicable. Try not to laugh. (Laughing is actually strongly encouraged, because this is supposed to be funny.)
Some brief definitions of the parts of speech.
Noun: Person, place, or thing.
Verb: Describes or indicates action.
Adverb: Modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb expressing manner, place, time, or degree (gently, here, now, very).
Adjective: Names an attribute of a noun (pretty, blue, large)
Pronoun: A word that can function as a noun (I, we, they)
Preposition: a word that combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that usually acts as an adverb, adjective, or noun (on, after, for)
And with that, here we go.
1: Plural noun
2: Adjective
3: Verb
4: Adverb
5: Noun
6: Adjective
7: Verb
8: Noun
9: Plural noun
10: Verb, past tense
Some brief definitions of the parts of speech.
Noun: Person, place, or thing.
Verb: Describes or indicates action.
Adverb: Modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb expressing manner, place, time, or degree (gently, here, now, very).
Adjective: Names an attribute of a noun (pretty, blue, large)
Pronoun: A word that can function as a noun (I, we, they)
Preposition: a word that combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that usually acts as an adverb, adjective, or noun (on, after, for)
And with that, here we go.
1: Plural noun
2: Adjective
3: Verb
4: Adverb
5: Noun
6: Adjective
7: Verb
8: Noun
9: Plural noun
10: Verb, past tense
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Published: May 20, 2015
Pages: 205
Being cursed with avenging the slaughter of a group of ( 1: Plural noun ) is certainly a burden no one would want. Though, for Katelyn Miller, it’s not a choice.
She has taken shelter under the label of freak for most of her life. Since the incident at her ( 2: Adjective ) friend’s eighth birthday party, she has managed to ( 3: Verb ) everyone at a safe distance from the strange things that happen around her. As she ( 4: Adverb ) prepares to graduate high school, she will find that she cannot keep everyone away for long, including the mysterious guidance ( 5: Noun ) that lately, seems to be following her.
Logan Blackwell III is the newest and arguably the ( 6: Adjective ) resident of Shippan Ct. and is immediately and inexplicably drawn to Katelyn. Although Logan manages to ( 7: Verb ) down some of Katelyn’s walls, it’s not enough to let him in on her ( 8: Noun ). But when the possibility of death lingers around them both, Katelyn finds letting Logan in may be her only hope. As a century's old curse comes full circle, Katelyn finds out that Logan has ( 9: Plural noun ) of his own and now the same forces that ( 10: Verb, past tense ) them together, threaten to tear them apart.
Now that your fun is through, here is the real blurb for The White Witch by B.C. Morin.
Being cursed with avenging the slaughter of a group of ancestors is certainly a burden no one would want. Though, for Katelyn Miller, it’s not a choice.
She has taken shelter under the label of freak for most of her life. Since the incident at her best friend’s eighth birthday party, she has managed to keep everyone at a safe distance from the strange things that happen around her. As she eagerly prepares to graduate high school, she will find that she cannot keep everyone away for long, including the mysterious guidance counselor that lately, seems to be following her.
Logan Blackwell III is the newest and arguably the hottest resident of Shippan Ct. and is immediately and inexplicably drawn to Katelyn. Although Logan manages to tear down some of Katelyn’s walls, it’s not enough to let him in on her secret. But when the possibility of death lingers around them both, Katelyn finds letting Logan in may be her only hope. As a century's old curse comes full circle, Katelyn finds out that Logan has secrets of his own and now the same forces that brought them together, threaten to tear them apart.
If you enjoyed this mad lib, please comment with your list below so that the rest of us can get a chuckle out of it as well. And please share with your friends. - Katie
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