margaret brown         calamity jane         saws         sailing of the ill-fated steamship titanic   
shakespeare           theatre in st louis       oral communication         anatomy of the theatre
performance workshop I           performance workshop II        teaching english: secondary
writing and performing the 10-minute play
          university seminar
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FAST

FAST AS ALL GET-OUT

FAST

FASTER THAN YOU CAN NAIL UP A "FOR SALE" SIGN

FAST

HE GOES AT IT LIKE HE'S KILLING SNAKES.

FAST

HE LIT A SHUCK FOR HOME.

FAST

HE TOOK OFF LIKE A SCALDED DOG.

FAST

HE TOOK OFF LIKE A STRIPED-ASS WOMBAT.

FAST

HE WENT LIKE A SCALDED CAT.

FAST

HE WENT THROUGH THAT LIKE A CHICKEN THROUGH A PEA PATCH.

FAST

IN A NEW YORK MINUTE

FAST

LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL

FAST

OFF LIKE A DIRTY SHIRT

FAST

RUNNING LIKE THE HOUSE IS AFIRE

FAST

SHE SEWS WITH A HOT NEEDLE AND A GALLOPING THREAD.

FAST

WHEN SHE GOES TO CLEANING HOUSE, SHE GOES AT IT LIKE A BITING SOW.

 

SLOW

SHE TOOK OFF LIKE A HERD OF TURTLES.

SLOW

SHE WAS SO SLOW YOU HAD TO PUT A STAKE DOWN TO SEE HER MOVE.

SLOW

SHE'S SLOWER THAN MOLALSSES IN JANUARY.

SLOW

SLOW AS A SNAIL ON CRUTCHES

SLOW

SLOW AS COLD MOLASSES RUNNING UPHILL

SLOW

SLOW AS THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH, SEVEN YEARS BEHIND SCRATCHING

SLOW

SLOW AS WAITING FOR VARNISH TO DRY

SLOW

SLOWER THAN CREAM RISIN' ON LAST YEAR'S BUTTERMILK

SLOW

SLOWER THAN MOLASSES FLOWING UPHILL IN WINTER

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margaret brown             calamity jane           saws          sailing of the ill-fated steamship titanic   
shakespeare           theatre in st louis           oral communication          anatomy of the theatre
performance workshop I           performance workshop II          teaching english: secondary
writing and performing the 10-minute play              university seminar
home 
        fall 2008          speech exam directives       10-minute play scripts