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Sample of Creative Writing, 'Wild Strawberries'

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device as well as a few hints about what the topic is and what will be introduced throughout the body of the paper. The last sentence in the first paragraph,  if the paper is an informative one, should be the thesis. In the creative paper, however, there is a bit more lee way with that and the last sentence can  be a leading question into the next paragraph. The goal, of course, is to hook the reader and try to get them so engaged in the reading of the story  that they are already too far into it to quit. A sample introductory paragraph might read something like this: "I swear, child, you are just like the wild strawberries."  Grandmama would shake her head, pooch her lips while she attempted to straighten my Sunday dress and hide up the smudges from where Id been swinging on the tire swing  in the front yard. It seems years ago since I felt one of her big bosomy hugs, smelled the scent of her, that lavender and dish soap combination, or heard  her raw untamed laughter. Sometimes, in a dream, I think I see her, standing by that old Toyota of hers, the one with the rust spots all over it so  it looks like a Holstein calf, and she is waggin her finger at me and sayin, "Child, you got to grab hold of the things you want in life. Grab  hold of them dreams." Then shed amble on over to where Id be sittin on the wooden fence, my legs twined behind the top plank, and look up at  me, a large smile paintin her face. "What you thinkin about up there?" She always had time for me, my Grandmama did. When she was in better health and I