Key learning points

1. This narrative is told in the past tense.
2. This narrative is written from the girl's perspective, using "I", "me" and "my".
3. The beginning of a story introduces the main characters, setting and plot.
4. Two ideas can be joined using a joining word "and".
5. Two adjective sentences describing characters and settings need a comma in between, such as "magical, dark forest".

Keywords

• Beginning - the first part of a story, typically introducing main characters, setting and the plot

• Character - a person or animal in the story

• Setting - where the story takes place

• Plot - what happens in the story

• Perspective - one particular view of something

Common misconception