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First Pages

First Pages. Reread the 4 first pages. With a partner, discuss: The way each author uses language and literary style What kinds of conventions or stylistic features do you notice? Is there any figurative language? The differences in the narrative voices First/third person?

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First Pages

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  1. First Pages

  2. Reread the 4 first pages • With a partner, discuss: • The way each author uses language and literary style • What kinds of conventions or stylistic features do you notice? • Is there any figurative language? • The differences in the narrative voices • First/third person? • Do you notice any interesting use of diction or syntax?

  3. A Key Aim of the First Page must be to Engage the Reader • How do these first pages achieve this? • Evocative description? • Interesting characters? • Plunging us into the scene? • Inviting us to ask questions? • Consider the authors’ use of the following possible elements, in addition to others you notice: Conflicts, Contrasts, Questions, Shocks/Surprises, In Medias Res, Foreshadowing…

  4. Evaluation… • Which of these beginnings is the most effective and why?

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