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Strategies 1. Try a flashback. 2. Use a chronological approach. 3. Base your story on a contrast or change in you or those around you. 4. Write about a seemingly meaningless incident which later proved to be important. 5. Try to build suspense for the climax, use foreshadowing, or keep the outcome in doubt until the end. 7. Plan the opening of your narrative carefully. It must involve the reader and introduce the incident at the same time. 8. Strive for a conclusion which neither jolts nor impresses the reader. In a sense, the conclusion should answer the question So what? BACK The Romance of Words Unit One, Text Two 《词语的故事》 By Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis romance: a story that has brave characters and exciting events 　eg. a Medieval romance intent: adj. a) be intent on/upon (doing) sth to be determined to do something or achieve something b) giving careful attention to something so that you think about nothing else c) n. (formal) what you intend to do= intention eg. He was examining the stamps intently. 他正在聚精会神地细看邮票。 She behaved foolishly but with good intent. inordinate: much more than you would usually expect: used for emphasizing how large something is or how much of something there is. eg: an inordinate demand 过度的需求 inordinate vanity 过度虚荣 fastidious: adj 1. caring a lot about small details and wanting everything to be correct and neat 2. keeping your clothes, possessions, and property very clean and neat ? fas·tid·i·ous·ly adverb ? fas·tid·i·ous·ness noun [uncount] eg: He was at the same time haughty, reserved, and fastidious. 他为人兼有傲慢、含蓄和爱挑剔的性子。 take it for granted (that) to believe that something is true without making sure 　He just took it for granted that he would pass the exam. take sb/sth for granted to expect that someone or something will always be there when you need them and never think how