2. Name two accidents that could not be related in their exact time-order. Relate one of them orally.
3. Name subjects for real narratives that would need to be written in the first person; in the third person.
4. In telling about a runaway accident, what points would you mention if you were writing a short account for a newspaper?
5. What points would you add if you were writing to some one who was acquainted with the persons in the accident?
6. Consider the choice and arrangement of details in the next magazine story that you read.
+Theme LXXVIII.+—Write a personal narrative in which the time-order can be carefully followed.
Suggested subjects:—
1. The irate conductor. 2. A personal adventure with a window. 3. An interrupted nap. 4. Lost in the woods. 5. In a runaway. 6. An amusing adventure. 7. A day at grandfather's.
(Consider the unity and coherence of the theme.)
+Theme LXXIX.+—Write in the third person a true narrative in which different events are going on at the same time.