Points to Consider

• Before you start writing, you must first think of a suitable story outline, then you should decide on a detailed plot, including how the story will begin, who the characters will be, where the story will happen, the events in the order you will present them, and how the story will end.
• Writing techniques include the use of vivid description of people, places, objects, etc. especially to set the scene at the beginning of the story; description of feelings and actions, suggesting a certain mood/atmosphere; the use of direct speech and a variety of adjectives, adverbs, etc. This will make your writing more interesting.
• Narratives are normally set in the past, and therefore use a variety of past tenses. For example, Past Continuous is often used to set the scene (e.g. The wind was howling...); Past Simple is used for the main events (e.g. He entered the room, looked around, and...); Past Perfect is used lo describe an event before the main events (e.g. She had set out in the morning, full of hope, but now she felt...)
• The sequence of events is important; therefore you must use lime words such as before, after, then, in the beginning, later, in the end, until, while, during, finally, etc.

Introduction

Paragraph 1

Set the scene

(who/what/when/where)

Main Body

Paragraphs 2-3-4

Develop the story

(describe incidents leading up to the main event and the event itself in detail; describe people/place/emotions/actions etc)

Conclusion

Final Paragraph

End the story

(complete the plot; describe feelings/reactions; explain the consequences)

IX. Express your personal opinion on the following points.

1. 'Because... because it's a matter of principle. If I keep them, I'm basically saying, " I forgive you." '

2. 'You know... we're all sacred links in the eternal circle of life, ' I say with a sudden swell of emotion.

3. 'You won't have a company left.'

'So be it. That'll teach me. That'll teach me to be so thoughtless.'

4. The point is, you have information, Emma. You have power.

5. Some relationships are meant to be short-lived.

X. Identify the stylistic devices and lexical expressive means in the following sentences.

1. Feeling like a dog being shooed out, I go down the stairs and open the front door.
2. All right, huge, deluxe bunch of flowers.
3. Hatred for Jack Harper is bubbling through me like lava.
4. 'No. He sent me some stupid flowers.
5. This is surreal. It's completely surreal.
6. I give a minuscule, tell-me-if-you-like shrug.
7. A thought crystallizes in my head.
8. My voice bursts from me like a rocket.
9. She coughs, and pulls an apologetic face.
10. Mr. Mystery. Mr. Sensitive and Complicated.

Section 9 (Chapters 24-27)