1. Creating effective openings: a. Write the opening paragraph of an adventure story for teenagers or older, using adjectives, adverbs, alliteration and a variety of sentences for effect. (5)

 b. Write the opening of a letter to a friend, inviting them to spend a day out with you and your family, using informal vocabulary, a variety of sentence types, exaggeration and a rhetorical question. (5)

 c. Write the opening of a set of instructions for a new phone, using imperatives, short sentences and technical vocabulary. (5)

 d. Write the opening of a formal letter asking permission for a child to have a day off school to go on holiday, using an appropriate style, respectful vocabulary and complex sentences. (4)

Me ! it's e2020! review the line from karin slaughter's npr interview."and with each page, that's what i try to do- is say something different about the character, something different in the reactions when they find these horrible things that are happening, or they figure out a piece of the puzzle."how does this view contract with lee child's central idea in "a simple way to create suspense"? a • child feels that the characters are not important to the plot. slaughter feels characters are central. b • child feels that characters must be unattractive and uninteresting. slaughter feels they must have reactions. c • slaughter builds suspense through her characters. child builds suspense by delaying answers. d • slaughter builds suspense by writing puzzles. child builds suspense by telling anecdotes.

How is reading a social experience? (5 points)

What evidence from the text supports the conclusion that gilgamesh demonstrates courage and takes risks?