Thursday, September 2, 2010

Writing- Opening Sentence

The opening sentence should capture the reader’s interest. It should set the mood of the story, Introduce the situation and / or character /s

Ways of doing this: Dialog, A Statement, Problem, Action, Description of people, Place or time, Question.

" Get out of my way" I screamed to the police man. (Dialog)
I wonder where the key is. (Question)
I was sitting on the table. (Statement)
BANG as I fired the silver bullet. (Action)
I was at school when Jasmine got kidnapped. (Problem)
There were three girls they all had long black hair with brown eyes. (Description of people)
The clock was about to strike one (Time)
Gisborne is a warm sunny place. (Place)
I was sitting on the table. (Statement)

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