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Making stories more interesting Ш к . C
There are several ways to make your stories interesting.
• Interesting stories start with a dramatic opening sentence, which
will make the reader want to read on.
• Descriptive adjectives and adverbs help the reader to imagine the
characters and the action.
• You can also use some idiomatic expressions to make your writing
more colourful.
• Direct speech and short dramatic sentences in places add variety
and drama.
• Introducing a twist in the story in which something unexpected
happens can add suspense.
• Finally, an interesting ending to the story is also important.

Match the ways of making your story more interesting 1-8
with the examples a-h.
descriptive adjectives I Unfortunately, the two cousins have never seen eye to eye.
dramatic opening sentence [j 'Please don't leave me! I promise I won't hurt you again,' she said.
descriptive adverbs | Today was the day when Hannah was going to meet her sister
direct speech for the first time.
He jumped quickly out of bed, rushed downstairs and opened the
idiomatic expressions [j
door nervously.
short, dramatic sentence j
Like most teenagers, Hannah was independent and not very communicativ
a twist in the story |
He left the building with tears in his eyes. That part of his life was over.
8 an interesting ending
They had always been a loving family, but one day something happened
change that forever.
В Read the writing task below and He stopped and stared.
then answer the questions about
it in your notebook.

Your teacher has asked you to
Sally w ay e x tre m e ly nervous. If Was th e ir tun
write a story. Your story must
begin with this sentence. to dance. Sally b re a th e d deep ly w hile fAaddу
Sally was extremely nervous. VJas c o m p le te ly relax ed . ‘C om e o n !' said :
(100 words) tAaddy. ‘W eVe gotto W in!'

1 How will your story start? M a d d y and Sally m e t a t d a n c e class a year
2 How does Sally feel?
a 9o. T h ey quic k ly disc o v e re d th ey had a lot и
3 Do you have to explain why she
feels this way in the story? co m m o n . W hen th e ir te a c h e r en tered them i
a c o m p e titio n th e y W ere v e ry excited.
С Read the example story and
underline techniques from A that This iwas th e ir Ц ch a n c e . WoWever, when the
make the story more interesting.
nnusic sta rte d Sally froze. tA ad dy Was anyry
but c a rrie d on. When th e m usic stopped,
fA add y h e a d e d fo r th e door. Sally knew she
ha d le t rA addy doW n. W o rs t o f all, she had
lo st a frien d .

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