To entertain the reader with a story that deals with complications or problematic events which lead to a crisis and in turn finds a resolution
Sets the scene : where and when the story happened, introduces the participants of the story : who and what is involved in the story.
Tells the beginning of the problem which leads to the crisis (climax) of the main participants.
The problem (the crisis) is resolved, either in a happy ending or in a sad (tragic) ending
This is a closing remark to the story and it is optional. It consists of a moral lesson, advice or teaching from the writer.
To persuade the reader or listener that something should or should not be the case.
· The use of emotive words (alarmed,worried)
· The use of words that qualify statements (usual, probably)
· The use of words that link arguments (firstly, however, on the other hand,therefore)
· The use of present tense
· The use of compund and complex sentences
· The use of modal and adverbs (can, may, ceratinly, get, stop)
· The use of subjective opinions using pronouns I and we
To tell event with a humorous twist
· Orientation (who were involved in the story, when, and where)
· Event (tell what happened in the chronoligical order)
· Twist (provide the funniest part of the story)
· The use of action verbs (walked,laughed, ran away)
· The use of connectives (first,then,finally)
· The use of adverbial phrases of time and place (in the garden, two days ago)
· The use of the simple past tense (He walked away from the village)