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Stories

The document outlines the essential components of writing a story, including a clear structure with a beginning, middle, and satisfying ending. It emphasizes the importance of engaging the reader through suspense, the use of descriptive language, and effective dialogue. Additionally, it provides tips on using time expressions and linking words to enhance storytelling.

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Stories

The document outlines the essential components of writing a story, including a clear structure with a beginning, middle, and satisfying ending. It emphasizes the importance of engaging the reader through suspense, the use of descriptive language, and effective dialogue. Additionally, it provides tips on using time expressions and linking words to enhance storytelling.

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Stories

How to write them?


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What is a story?
A story is fiction, and a good story has an interesting.

It has:
beginning, where you set the scene
an engaging middle, where you describe an incident
satisfying ending, where you resolve the incident in a
pleasing way.
How should we structure it?
The opening paragraph should establish the context of
the story by answering the questions WHO, WHERE, The third paragraph should then be used to solve
WHY and WHEN about the characters and events in the the problem created in the second paragraph.
story. Think of where the main character is.

in the second paragraph create a small problem The final paragraph, which is the conclusion of
which can be easily solved. This helps the reader the story, should be used to clear up any loose
identify with the situation. ends and construct a happy ending.
How can I make it good?
When writing a story, the purpose is to entertain the reader, just like when you read a novel you
expect to be entertained. A cool way to entertain is to create suspense.

• Using adjectives and adverbs is very important.


• Adding some direct speech improves your story, so learn how to do that correctly.
• Use the past simple and past perfect to tell the basic information, and the past
continuous to explain what was happening in the background.
• Avoid using either the present or the future in your story.
• Using contrast linkers gets better marks, so connect the second paragraph with the
third paragraph with the word HOWEVER.
• Using time linkers helps to get better marks, so put them into your story whenever
possible. Some possible time linkers are: When, as soon as, suddenly, immediately,
before, until While, after that, the next day.
How to....?
create suspense
begin Suddenly
All of a sudden
finish
Without warning In the end
It all began… Finally
Just at that moment
When I first… When it was all over
Unexpectedly
At the beginning… Eventually
Out of the blue
It was a hot/cold After everything that
Out of nowhere
summer/winter day. happened
Right away
Straight away Luckily
Time expressions:
Then
After that
Not long afterwards
As soon as
While
Meanwhile
As
Some time later
A little later
____ minutes later
a moment later
Later (that
morning/afternoon/day/night…)
Just then
Direct Speech
In every story there are
characters and they «I’m coming with you,» she said.
usually interact with each
other, so it is always good She said, «I’m coming with you.»
if you know how to use
direct speech, that is, «Do you like it?» he asked.
reproduce the words the
characters actually say or «Don’t do it!» he screamed.
think.
Thank
You

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