Hello Here are 10 ways to do it. 1. Build momentum. The first cardinal rule of opening lines is that they should possess most of the individual craft elements that make up the story as a whole. An opening line should have a distinctive voice, a point of view, a rudimentary plot and some hint of characterization. By the end of the first paragraph, we should also know the setting and conflict, unless there is a particular reason to withhold this information. This need not lead to elaborate or complex
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Who Moved My Cheese? This is a compelling story involving four different characters who look at changes in different ways. While the story discusses Sniff, Scurry and Hem, I consider Haw to be the main character that the story revolves around. The story is about change, and forces one to think about which character from the story they are like. Who Moved My Cheese? is a story about change and how people acknowledge or deny changes that occur in their life. Some are like Sniff; they can smell
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"Only the Dead Know Brooklyn" Notes and Homework Questions ONLY THE DEAD KNOW BROOKLYN--NOTES BY THOMAS WOLFE THE STORY PREMIS: • YOU WILL NEVER LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THE WHOLE OF BROOKLYN. IT WOULD TAKE A GUY A LIFETIME TO KNOW BROOKLYN THROUGH AND THROUGH. AND EVEN THEN YOU WOULDN’T KNOW IT. THE AUTHOR • BORN 1900 AND DIED 1938 • HE WAS BORN IN ASHERVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA AS THE 8TH CHILD IN THE FAMILY • HE ENTERED COLLEGE, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHAPEL HILL, AT THE AGE OF 15.
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Story Element Lesson Plan 1 Story Element Lesson Plan Heather Sines ECE335: Childrens Literature Instructor: Karen Foster April 21, 2015 Story Element Lesson Plan 2 Story Element Lesson Plan Grade: Preschool Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed By Emily Pearson Lesson
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This is the story about a girl who lives within a collection of tiny islands. Each island has a god-speaking leader that sends one child from every household on a boat to one of the uninhabited islands. They do this in the hopes that they will come back as warriors. But the children are told that they will be sent to the afterlife to greet their ancestors and live in harmony with them. The girl is set on a raft, and the raft lands on an island several miles away from original. There she encounters
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“The Greatest Salesman in the world” By: Og Mandino Jeza O. Tuazon 3BSBA Mr. Chua “The greatest salesman in the world” By: og mandino The greatest salesman is a story about a man who has all the wealthyness in life, he has a good character an excellent to serve to anyone whose ambition is success in his taken field. Hafid is the main character. A businessman in nature made him even more wealthy and well-known in his field. As a man of character never he had eager unappreciative
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even the family that awaits them at home. It's real, it's American, and it expresses the weight of not just physical but, the emotional burdens soldiers carry. The Alpha Company in O'Brien's story doesn't focus on whether the events were accurate but the result war has had on mankind. It is the content of the story that makes this piece timeless and true to the experience of military in combat. For example, the author uses facts to create a setting. He explains in detail what the soldiers carry, such
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Amanda Todd’s Extortion, Cyber Bullying and Suicide Analysis Report Kayla Woodside Student # 0657835 Mount Saint Vincent University PBRL 3013 March 15, 2015 Contents Abstract 3 Introduction and background 3 Literature Review 4 Conclusion 9 References 10 Abstract This research project looks at culturally attractive situations or occurrences in today’s world that has or had a significant effect on the media resulting to a trend or, otherwise
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“Bibiji, can you tell me a bedtime story?” I would ask my grandmother before falling asleep. “What story would you like to hear?” Every night we would have this same conversation and I would ask for the same story. ”I want to hear the story about your life in Panjab”. I grew up the oldest of three children. My parents were always away from home, working, leaving my grandparents to raise me. I didn’t loathe my parents for rarely being there because I understood why. They were working hard to provide
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about NO ordinary superheroes that have all these magical powers; I’m talking about the heroes that simple just uses pure wisdom to influence the ones around them. This story will show the world that there are heroes out there in all different shapes and sizes. And, as far as the story goes, here are the ideas behind my story, so here we go: Way up high in the majestical forests, in the mountain of Emei, in China lives the Somaki people, who had the most inspirational/wise man that ever set
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