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Track story time and telling order - Online practice 4

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Original narrative opening, 'letter': Lee placed an unopened letter in a drawer. Last week, Lee had checked the post each day for that same letter. The telling presents a later scene before earlier background. Track the words actually supplied; the missing cause has not yet been revealed.

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  1. Put the two events involving the letter in chronological order. Quote the time signal.
  2. What question does the contrast raise that this opening does not answer?
  3. Explain one possible effect of revealing the later scene first.

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