THEME THURSDAY: FAMOUS NOVEL OPENINGS ('BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS')
17 / 11 / 2016
THEME THURSDAY: FAMOUS NOVEL OPENINGS ('BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS'): meaning and examples
Hello readers! Are you ready for today's Theme Thursday and a famous novel-opening sentence?
Today we are looking at Anne Tyler's book Back When We Were Grownups (2001).
Here's your sentence:
Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.
We love this opening line because it uses the expression ONCE UPON A TIME, which is a common way to begin a fairy tale. It begins the novel with an interesting, fairy tale-like quality.
We also love this opening because it uses the phrasal verb TO TURN INTO. We looked at this Halloween-related verb last month for Missing Monday: click on the following link to review the meaning of this phrasal verb.
https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?id=2886
That's all for today. Thanks for reading!
Today we are looking at Anne Tyler's book Back When We Were Grownups (2001).
Here's your sentence:
Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.
We love this opening line because it uses the expression ONCE UPON A TIME, which is a common way to begin a fairy tale. It begins the novel with an interesting, fairy tale-like quality.
We also love this opening because it uses the phrasal verb TO TURN INTO. We looked at this Halloween-related verb last month for Missing Monday: click on the following link to review the meaning of this phrasal verb.
https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?id=2886
That's all for today. Thanks for reading!
