Writing a Scary Story

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1.From which point of view is the story written, first or third person?

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2Where does the story take place?

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3.What information does the writer give in the first line?

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4What is the main event in the story?

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5.Which tenses has the writer used to describe the action?

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6.Which sentences introduce the lifeguard and the shark? How does the writer make them dramatic?

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7.How does the writer finish the story?

Multiple Choice

• Beginning

• Middle

• End

• General

Multiple Choice

• General

• Beginning

• Middle

• End

Multiple Choice

• General

• Beginning

• Middle

• End

Match

Match the following.

• Start the action: (at) first, in the beginning, ¹---------/morning/evening;

• Move the action:

  2 ---------

  , next, later, after that/a while, by the time;

• Introduce a dramatic moment: suddenly, just then, out of the blue, without warning, 3.............,

• Introduce a dramatic moment: suddenly, just then, out of the blue, without warning, 4..................;

• Describe events that happen at the same time: when, at the same time (as), 5...............;, 6........

that day

then

from nowhere

all of a sudden

as, while

• that day

• then

• from nowhere

• all of a sudden

• as, while

¹That afternoon the water was cool and clean. The waves looked gorgeous ²_____ they moved above me. I'd just eaten a delicious octopus lunch and I decided to head to the beach to see what the two-legged creatures were doing. ³_____ I got there, some of them were standing on those strange long things and riding on the waves. I'm really not sure why they do that, but I watched them for a while. ⁴_____ I noticed one of them, it was male I think, kicking its legs and making those bubbles I love. Friends are always telling me not to go too close, but... those beautiful bubbles! ⁵_____, a female came out of nowhere. ⁶_____, it punched me in the face! Right on the end of my nose where it really hurts. What on earth is wrong with these creatures? They really shouldn't be allowed in our water. I considered a second lunch if you know what I mean, but ⁷_____, I decided to be the grown up one and just swim away. Horrible, violent creatures.

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