Answer — Exercise 4
7.8 - Writing·Focus 4 (2nd edition) - Student's Book
Question
Study the WRITING FOCUS and find examples of each point in the story in Exercise 2.
Answer
- Get the reader’s attention: Robert Weaver discovered he was not in fact Robert Weaver on Independence Day, 2092.
- Set the scene: His mother and father were celebrating at their company headquarters on Earth-Station One and had left Robert home alone for the weekend.
- Use narrative tenses: With his parents away, Robert had decided to throw a party. It was going well ...
- Shorter sentences: But word had spread, and soon the house was full.
- Appealing to the senses: A small group had gone downstairs and seen a strange blue glow coming from under one of the doors.
- Report speech: he / she insisted they find out what it was