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STORY OPENINGS: EXPLORING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF A NARRATIVE

How many sentences in


Information about Information about
Title and author the opening paragraph? 1st, 2nd, 3rd person? Is there any dialogue?
character/s introduced setting
Does their length vary?

Instructions:
Listen carefully to the opening. Copy and complete this table into your book filling in the relevant information for the opening of the
novel we have just read and the for your own novel you read for homework.

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