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Graphic Organizer: Formative-Writing an opening scene in realistic genre -…
Graphic Organizer: Formative-Writing an opening scene in realistic genre
Genre: Realistic Adventure
Point of View: First Person Perspective
Why? For the reader to
Title: The Abyss
What kind of beginning am I going to choose: Directly show the action
Mood/Atmosphere: Afraid and Bewildered
Words to create the atmosphere (Diction): alarm, panic, distress, angst, haste, urge, desperation
Character: Protagonist of the story will be revealed through indirect characterization/ The STEAL mnemonic
Actions, Thoughts, Looks, particularly
Setting: Forest of the Amazon rainforest; behind the cotton mill
Devices which can be used are assonance, alliteration
sensory/auditory/ tactile imagery, onomatopoeia, personification,
present participles, similes and metaphors.
Picture Prompt: 1st Picture
Time: Dusk and twilight time of the day - evening
"I" am telling the story. The character is
in
the story
Name of the character shall not be revealed in the opening.
Needs to have combination of verbs and adverbs
Need to have a strong opening - a hook the reader
Suspense can be created as well
Combination of short and long sentences
Short sentences will be used to create a sense of urgency, tension and haste
Long sentences will be used to slowly describe intense and oppressive feelings
Simple, Complex and Compound sentences are to be made use of
Words that can be used to suggest the time: fading light, darkening clouds
SHOW, NOT TELL
Showing dramatizes and telling summarizes
References for a better understanding of realistic genre:
‘The Last Leaf’ and ‘The Gift of Magi’ by O. Henry
‘The Model Millionaire’ by Oscar Wilde
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
Tone: Pessimistic
Words (Diction) to create this particular tone: Despondency, muddle, bafflement, puzzled, claustrophobic
Tension can be introduced in the beginning but can be left unresolved.
Conflict will be briefly instituted
Minute details are to be described as well; basket, logs, twigs, moss manifested in the background and foreground
It is only the exposition that I am writing.
This story will commence from the middle.
