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Communicative English - Module 6 - Story Telling

This document discusses the art of storytelling and provides tips for writing stories. It notes that writing a good story requires having a clear plot in mind and arranging main points in the proper order. Some key points for writing stories are to use a simple plot and language, tell events systematically, and include a heading and moral. The document provides outlines for three sample stories - about mice trying to rid themselves of a cat, a tortoise beating a hare in a race, and finding a lost purse and returning it. It encourages practicing story writing.

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Communicative English - Module 6 - Story Telling

This document discusses the art of storytelling and provides tips for writing stories. It notes that writing a good story requires having a clear plot in mind and arranging main points in the proper order. Some key points for writing stories are to use a simple plot and language, tell events systematically, and include a heading and moral. The document provides outlines for three sample stories - about mice trying to rid themselves of a cat, a tortoise beating a hare in a race, and finding a lost purse and returning it. It encourages practicing story writing.

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Communicative

English

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6.
Story Telling
Story writing is an art which can be learned only by practice.

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To write a good story, you must have a clear idea of the whole plot in
your mind before you start, and arrange the main points in their proper
order.

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Points to Keep in Mind While Writing Story

1. Plot
2. Narration of events systematically
3. Use of simple language.
4. Don't change the main part of the story. Try to reproduce it as it is or as it was, as far
as possible.
5. The order of events may change
6. Always read the story very carefully and make small points of it and take out the chief
points of interest, fun, moral or any other special aspect.
7. Give a suitable heading to a story, Heading of a story should be as small as possible.
8. Take out the moral of the story and make it its conclusion as to what it is leading to.

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Practice

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Story 1
Outline: The mice very unhappy - the cat killed many of them - held a
meeting to discuss how to get rid of the cat - various suggestions - no
plan practicable - a young mouse - suggested that a bell should be
tired around the cat's neck - all welcomed the proposal with joy - an
old mouse stood up - asked who was going to tie the bell around the
cat's neck?

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Story 2
Outline: The hare laughed at the slow moving tortoise - the tortoise not
at all ashamed of his slow pace - retorted that he could beat the hare
in a race - agreed - the hare went away in lightening leaps - the
tortoise went slowly after him - the hare confident - had a nap - the
tortoise went on and on - reached the winning post first - the hare
beaten in the race.

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Story 3
Outline: I was going for a walk - get a purse - contains a lot of money -
address of the owner from the diary - goes in search of the owner -
hands over - rewarded.

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Communicative English
Module 6 – Story Telling

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