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Write about a time when you faced something you were very afraid of, only to find that you need not have been so afraid
after all.
West Spring Secondary School (2009)
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Analysis of Question Requirements
• Write about a time when you faced something you were very afraid of,
an occasion / a single event the writer
the writer great fear
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Analysis of Question Requirements
• only to find that you need not have been so afraid after all.
the writer
main theme: check out the relevant synonyms to avoid repetitious use of ‘afraid’
false alarm
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Help from Microsoft Word
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Help from Microsoft Word
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Help from LDOCE
afraid adjective• frightened of someone or something
• frightened • afraid • scared • terrified • petrified • panic-stricken • live in fear • scared stiff/scared out of your wits/scared to death
• when you do not want to do something because you are frightened
• be afraid/be frightened/be scared • be terrified • dread • fear • be fearful • for fear of something • have a phobia about
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Possible Plot
• An eccentric park ranger (therefore dirty tumbledown cabin) was on the way back to his ramshackle hut in the woods.
• The writer’s car broke down. He was not used to being alone in such an eerie (OR spooky) environment. He was anxious. Would there be wild man-eating animals around?
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Possible Plot
• The park ranger noticed the writer’s difficulty from a distance.
• The former had to answer the call of nature, in the brush, so took some time before he could reach the stalled automobile.
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Possible Plot
• By the time he arrived, the writer was no longer to be seen.
• Meanwhile, the writer was making his way through the thick vegetation towards the park ranger’s place.
• The forest was eerie in the half light (OR gathering gloom); the fact that it was stormy made the environment more scary. He was filled with dread.
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Possible Plot
• The writer had the feeling that he was being followed. Unknown to him, it was really the park ranger. But his imagination began to play tricks on him.
• It was with some trepidation that he sought refuge in the park ranger’s rickety old house. He was petrified about the possibility of a homicidal maniac roaming the area. There had been a spate of murders in the vicinity.
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Possible Plot
• To his horror, he detected the sound of approaching footsteps.
• In his desperation, he cast around for something he could use as a weapon to defend himself.
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Possible Plot
• The suspense thickened as the knob turned on the door.
• The writer, heart palpitating, smashed a beer bottle on the intruder’s head as he came through the doorway.
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Possible Plot
• After shining his torch at the fallen man, he realized he had made a mistake: he had known the man for quite some time, a harmless fellow who could not hurt a fly.
• The writer was shaken by the possibility of being responsible for the death of his friend.
• Life returned to him when the man regained consciousness.
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Possible Plot
• The writer laughed at himself. He realized that what he had been very fearful of was actually something he need not have been so afraid about.