Sequencing
• Events in a story occur in a certain order, or sequence. The sequence of events can be important to understanding a story.
Sequencing is the order in which events happen. It is important to know which events happened before or after other events. When reading, you can follow the sequence of the story so that it makes sense.
Some words help us to understand the sequence of the story. The clue words first, then, next, after, and last tell you the order of events when the sequence is explicit. If the sequence is implicit, there may be no clue words. You have to figure out how the ideas relate to each other without clue words. The clue words while, meanwhile, and during tell you that events are happening at the same time.
A story’s plot has a sequence of main events. Sometimes main events are told out of sequence. An event that happened earlier may not be revealed until later.
A story’s plot has a sequence of main events. Sometimes main events are told out of sequence. An event that happened earlier may not be revealed until later.
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