Read this opening. What is the writer doing?"Rod ran a hand through his jet black hair to mess it up, and smiled at his reflection in the mirror."

Read this opening. What is the writer doing?"Rain sprinkled softly down, sparkling in the yellow glow of the street lamps."

Read this ending. What is the writer doing?"Finally, the tables were laid out, the cakes sat on the counter and the waiting staff stood poised with pens and paper. As they threw open the doors to open the cafe, the sun came out and shone down on the patio tables out the front. It looked perfect. Nobody would ever know about the almost disaster."

Read this extract. What is the writer doing?When the fourth person came to tell her about the clash between Miss Ryan's detention and their plans to go to the cinema, Tina threw her hands over her face and huffed out a scream of frustration."Well, this plan is totally ruined then," she said bitterly.

In the opening part of Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener", the narrator relates details of his office, a place of symbolic significance to the action that takes place there. His 'chambers' are described Question 22Answera.as a space with windows facing closed spaces at either end, one light and one dark, about which the narrator offers no direct judgementb.as a space with windows facing closed spaces at either end, both dark, about which the narrator is embarrassed.c.as a space with an open view onto Wall Street from the front window, which pleases the narrator's sense of self-importanced.as a spacious and comfortable place to work, of which he is proud

How does the author foreshadow what happens at the end of the story