How does the author get the reader’s attention in the beginning of the passage? A. The author plunges the reader into an action-filled scene. B. The author describes Dominique’s background to give readers a sense of why a balloon ride is so important to her. C. The author uses lively dialogue between characters to give the reader a sense of who the characters are. D. The author starts with a detailed description of Readington, New Jersey, to show the readers exactly what Dominique’s town looks like.

6*06* IB/G/Jun21/8700/1Do not writeoutside thebox0 3 You now need to think about the whole of the source.This text is from the opening of a novel.How has the writer structured the text to interest you as a reader?You could write about:• what the writer focuses your attention on at the beginning of the source• how and why the writer changes this focus as the source develops• any other structural features that interest you

Identify a story or movie that has a compelling and attention grabbing opening scene. Specifically, what makes this introduction so engaging that hooks the audience into wanting to learn more about the setting, characters, or conflict? Explain.

Before the dialog begin, Shakespeare sets the scene and describes how Sampson and Gregory enter. What does the reader learn from this scene-setting?

hat does the narrator focus on in the second half of She Walks in Beauty?

The main idea the writer wants the reader to understand is also called the ______________.