I got you a present Hummingbirds bring me joy That ridiculously huge dog always scares me Types of Leads Introduction Lead the story starts out by introducing the characters or the setting ID: 515376
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Try diagramming these!
I got you a present!
Hummingbirds bring me joy.
That ridiculously huge dog always scares me!Slide2
Types of LeadsSlide3
Introduction Lead
the story starts out by introducing the characters or the setting
“Princess
Miserella
was a beautiful princess if you counted her eyes and nose and mouth and all the way down to her toes. But inside, where it was hard to see, she was the meanest, wickedest and most worthless princess around.”
from
Sleeping Ugly
by Jane
YolenSlide4
Snapshot Lead
the story starts with a show-not-tell description
“Abraham Lincoln wasn't the sort of man who could lose himself in a crowd. After all, he stood 6 foot, four inches tall, and to top it off he wore a high silk hat. His height was mostly in his long bony legs, and when he sat in a chair he seemed no taller than anyone else. It was only when he stood up that he towered above other men
.”
from
Lincoln: a
Photobiography
by
Russell
Freedman
“Sally is the girl with eyes like Egypt and nylons the color of smoke. The boys at school think she’s beautiful because her hair in shiny black like raven feathers and when she laughs, she flicks her hair back like a satin shawl over her shoulder and laughs
.”
from
The House on Mango Street
by
Sandra CisnerosSlide5
Talking Lead
the story starts with dialogue
"Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
from
Charlotte’s
Web
by
E.B
. WhiteSlide6
Start-in-the-Middle
story starts in the middle of the memory...the reader may be confused at first
“She met him at a dance. Pretty too, and young. Said he worked in a restaurant, but she can’t remember which one. Geraldo. That’s all. Green pants and Saturday shirt. Geraldo. That’s what he told her.”
from
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra CisnerosSlide7
Dramatic Lead
the story starts in a shocking or unusual way
“If you give me five dollars I will be your friend forever
.”
from
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
"Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
from
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. WhiteSlide8
Now:
Complete your leads worksheet.
Change the lead of your story accordingly!
Work on your homework for tonight.