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The story

Would you like to listen to the story I’ve read?

The story I’ve just read is entitled (called)

The story I really enjoyed reading deals with…

The story I’m going to dwell upon is entitled…

The story I’m going to tell you about is entitled…

Keep on retelling

The story starts with…(Ger.)

Then it goes on saying that…

It continues saying that…

Then it comes…

Further on the story runs that…

The story ends with…

The story has got a happy/sad end

Do you know what happened next?

Do you know what he said?

Imagine that…

Fancy that!

To crown it all …

To make a long story short

Can you imagine that…

It

- was written by… who is considered to be one of the chief figures of the English/American literary scene.

- belongs to the pen of …, a prominent English/American writer of considerable rank.

- was written by… who enjoyed/ has achieved popularity with the reading public

- was written by…who is famous for his /short stories/humor/novels

The story

is about …

Linking words

First of all

Secondly…

Frankly speaking…

Besides…

Moreover…

At the same time…

Meanwhile…

On the one hand…

On the other hand…

What is more…

The action of the story

takes place in/at (place)

takes place at the time of…

is set or the scene is laid in/at

The characters

The main character(s) of the story (novel) is (are)…

Your own attitude to the story

To my /amateur/ eye

/inexperienced/

the story

the author wanted

In my view-point

As far as I see it

I like/dislike the story, because…

the main idea of the story is…

the message of the story is…

teaches us to …

to bring home to us…

to prevent the readers from…

to describe…

to give a deep insight into /human nature/the society of those times/man – man relations/

the idea of the story is…

Sharing impressions

I (don’t) think

I really believe

I’m sure

In my opinion

Personally, I think

I mean

In my view

I hope that

Hopefully, I (we, they, etc.)

In the long run I think I’d like to…

With a bit of luck I’ll…

Frankly speaking

To tell you the truth…

It depends on what side you look at it

Introductory verbs

The story-teller

said

told

explained

showed

described

gave a description

emphasized

wanted to tell

meant to tell

remarked

underlined

tried to show

mentioned