What does that say about you?

Writers can often tell something about a character by what the character says and how he says it.  

For example, if a 3rd grader walks into a classroom and says, with a little bow, “Good afternoon, Mrs. Lee.  I am extremely pleased to be attending your class today, and I wish you a successful and satisfying lesson,”  the reader knows that student is probably not your average, ordinary American child--at least not from this century.  

Try your hand at telling something about a character through his words, and how he says them.  Imagine each of the characters below and write out what each might say in turning down an offer to go on a fishing trip.

• A teenaged boy turns down his grandfather.
• A businessman eager for a promotion turns down his boss.
• A wife just back from her weekly trip to the spa for a styling and manicure turns down her husband.