Myth questions
- 1. Decide how well the story satisfies the criteria by answering the questions in each category. Give examples from your story to support your opinions. CONTENT •Have the instructions in the question been followed? Yes, they have been followed. All the questions have been answered and the instructions have been introduced in the story. RANGE •Have a variety of past tenses been used? Is there a wide range of vocabulary? Yes, there is a use of past tenses during the entire story. For instance, “It started to rain and the two friends walked under the big leaves that were hanging from the highest trees. “ The vocabulary is a little bit complex. We tried to search synonyms for words such as beautiful, amazing, etc. ORGANIZATION •Are the ideas and events organised logically? Are linking devices used well? Yes, the organisation is logical because from the beginning to the end, the development is ordered by the situations in the chronological way. STYLE AND FORMAT •Is the story written using suitably neutral language? (neither too formal nor too informal). The story can be read by all the people. There are not neither too difficult words nor too simple. There is a mix of formal and informal language. TARGET READER •Would the reader be sufficiently interested to want to read to the end? Would it have a chance of winning the competition? The reader would like to know what will happen in the end because during the story the does not appear the name of the creature. In the myth it is said that is a beautiful woman mermaid. The readers want to read until the end of the story in order to know how the situation that is happing to the boys will end. It would have the chance to win because there is a mystery through all the adjectives that describe the cave and the nature of the island. It is very realistic and, in the same time, it is original because of the supernatural creature.