VI. Make up plans of the chapters under consideration in the form of 5 special questions.

VII. Support or challenge the following statements.

1. When Lissy and Emma got into a private secret club they behaved naturally as if they were celebrities.

2. Emma had a plan of how to brighten up her relationship with Connor.

3. Jack was sure that Connor was not meant to be Emma’s boy-friend as they were quite different people and did not make a perfect match.

4. On second thought Emma decided not to leave Connor as everybody thought that they were a perfect couple.

5. Jack Harper stayed in London only because he wanted to inspect the European subsidiaries of his corporation.

VIII. Write up a dialogue between Emma and Connor about their break-up (Chapter 10) in the narrative form.

Hints.

A narrative presents a connected series of events, either imaginary or based on your own experience, in a vivid descriptive style. It may be written in the first person (I/ we) or third person (he/she, etc), and often includes the thoughts, reactions, etc of the main characters), describing the action as it would be seen through their eyes.

A good narrative should consist of:

a. an Introduction which sets the scene (place, time, character(s), etc), creates an interesting mood/ atmosphere to make the reader want to continue reading, and/ or begins dramatically to capture the reader's attention;

b. a main body which develops the series of events clearly, gives vivid description of the people/places involved, etc; and

c. a conclusion which completes the story, perhaps in an unexpected way, and may describe people's feelings/reactions, the consequences of what happened, etc.

Points to Consider

Before you start writing, you must first think of a suitable story outline, then you should decide on a detailed plot, including how the story will begin, who the characters will be, where the story will happen, the events in the order you will present them, and how the story will end.

Writing techniques include the use of vivid description of people, places, objects, etc, especially to set the scene at the beginning of the story; description of feelings and actions, suggesting a certain mood/ atmosphere: the use of direct speech and a variety of adjectives, adverbs, etc. This will make your writing more interesting.

Narratives are normally set in the past, and therefore use a variety of past tenses. For example, Past Continuous is often used to set the scene (e.g. The wind was howling...); Past Simple is used for the main events (e.g. He entered the room, looked around, and...); Past Perfect is used to describe an event before the main event (s) (e.g. She had set out in the morning, full of hope, but now she felt...)

The sequence of events is important; therefore you must use time words such as before, after, then, in the beginning, later, in the end, until, while, during, finally, etc.

Introduction

Paragraph 1

set the scene

(who/ what/ when/ where)

Main Body

Paragraphs 2-3-4

develop the story

(describe incidents leading up to the main event and the event itself in detail; describe people/ place/ emotions/ actions etc)

Conclusion

Final Paragraph

end the story

(complete the plot; describe feelings/ reactions: explain the consequences)

IX. Express your personal opinion on the following points.

1. You can't expect it [a relationship] to be romantic for ever… Things change. It's natural to become a bit more steady.

2. That's a common problem in long-term relation­ships… You need to spice it up.

3. …if you'd just stuck it out and acted being the perfect couple for long enough, you would have become the perfect couple.

4. Everyone pretends in a relationship… All this being honest with each other is totally overrated.

5. Relationships should be built on ... on trust … and truth…

X. Identify the stylistic devices and lexical expressive means in the following sentences:

1. Every time I catch his eye or hear his voice, it's like a dart to my chest.

2. 'He's not like that,' says Jemima, with a roll of her eyes. 'He happens to be the First Assistant Under­secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury, actually.'

3. An hour later Lissy appears at the door of my room, dressed in jeans, a tight black corset top and her Bertie heels which I happen to know always give her a blister.

4. I break off as a waiter puts two fresh strawberry daiquiris on the table.

5. The door closes behind him, and we stand motion­less, like waxworks.

6. Life will be back to normal and I will stop feeling as if my radar's been skewed by some invisible magnetic force.

7. He's going to fire me after all. Gross . . . negligence . . . negligent grossness.

8. Connor's pacing around the room like a rattled lion.

9. It's Katie, staring at me as though I've grown three heads.

10. I stare at her, my heart hammering in my chest.