1. Your story needs to hook the reader from its first sentence. Whatever you write‚ cause your reader to feel from the outset that they are going to enjoy the time given over to reading your story. You can do this by writing about characters and incidents that the reader can relate to. Such stories begin and remain lively‚ interesting and meaningful. The reader can relate to what is happening. The imagined narrator has an inviting‚ interesting tone of voice. The story is unified and coherent
Free Character Protagonist Writing
How to write a speech story How to write a speech story: Lead Most newsworthy statement Date and location. (can also focus on reaction) 2nd paragraph Elaborates on lead‚ providing some background‚ followed by best quote *make best full quotes a separate 3rd paragraph if possible. (Audience reaction) 3rd paragraph Mixes paraphrase and quotes to develop main points of the speech. 4th paragraph Mixes paraphrase and quotes to develop main points of the speech. 5th paragraph
Premium United Nations Security Council United Nations
Before there was fire roasted marshmallows‚ the only way things were heated was by the heat of the sun. There once was two little kids that were playing on their small‚ family farm. Nancy was seven; she loved playing Hide and Seek. Davey was four; he loved playing Kingdom. Their father was in his mid thirties. He typically spent over ten hours in the field each day; however‚ he still had to bring in over three-fourths of the crops‚ and in less than two weeks‚ it was going to get too cold for
Premium Family Mother Father
turned as red as a tomato. He didn’t say anything. “I knew it‚” I exclaimed‚ “You’re going to wish you never did that to me.” I stormed out of the room and walked straight to the sheriff’s office a couple of blocks away. I told the sheriff the whole story and the interviewer got arrested. A couple of weeks later‚ everything was back to normal‚ and Hayden and I went on another
Premium
It was a Thursday morning when a jogger‚ out on an early morning run‚ was forced to take a detour into an alley behind a clinic. Just as the jogger was about to turn in to an adjoining street‚ she saw a red-stained lump of fabric. The jogger stepped towards it‚ slowly reached out ‚and took the fabric by a clean corner. Peeling it back‚ a frightful sight greeted her. Before her eyes was a horrific scene of a bloody‚ lifeless‚ shirtless male. The strangest feature though‚ was the strange blade in his
Premium John Winchester Supernatural Sam Winchester
The constant pushing was becoming aggravating. Tree branches were gnawing and scratching against my pale skin‚ leaving red lines all over my arms. None of it truly mattered though‚ all that mattered was what was beyond the brush that was dividing me from an extravagant adventure. November 22‚ 2014 was a rather chilly day for going outside. The autumn skies were a pale blue with an overcast that had been drifting for days. The leaves had already turned and were beginning to settle for a long winter
Premium
OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH SHORT STORIES MARY MANN‚ LITTLE BROTHER The story portrays rural life in a little Norfolk village‚ in the 1890s. It describes the visit of a character (maybe spinster) to a woman who has just given birth to a stillborn baby. At first she visits the husband‚ Mr.Hodd‚ and she enters his world made up just of poverty: with his eldest boy he’s cutting turnips. The family already has twelve children‚ and they’re very poor. When the narrator visits Mrs.Hodd’s house‚ she finds out
Premium Short story Narrative Fiction
English essay on the short story” The Island” We all know the word Freedom‚ but do we truly know what it means? It’s a good word which explains: No commitments‚ no chains‚ no concerns and no insecurity. The Scottish short story ‘The Island’ is an expression for this freedom and to indulge you to something bigger than yourself. It could be God or in this case‚ it is the beautiful nature. This short story is published in 1992 and the author is unknown. The main character is Doris (last name unknown)
Premium Short story Fiction
this story’s mind went to. As a matter of fact‚ that young man‚ pulled over in Garden City‚ Georgia‚ for texting and driving‚ put his hands up when he saw that he was pulled over by a policeman. I feel the need to add here that the policeman in this story is white. His name is Lt. Tim McMillan‚ and‚ upon seeing that this young man was so terrified‚ (terrified enough to have a trembling voice‚ I should mention) he tried his hardest to pacify the boy. “I just don’t want you to get hurt‚” said Lt. McMillan
Premium Family Mother Black people
always loved language. I discovered my passion for language when I learned how to read and write. Learning how to read and write English has been a journey of self-discovery. I remember learning some alphabets before I started going to school. I learnt the alphabet from some learning materials my older siblings had used in school. They would teach me how to pronounce a few alphabetical letters though I did not understand how they are used in language. I guess I just crammed the pronunciations and at
Premium Writing High school Education