SEQUENCE OF

EVENTSDela Cruz, Manuela L.

-the order of events

first before next after last finally

Signal Words

Chronological order

Timeline ordersCause EffectChronological order is very simple and straight-forward. The audience gets the facts in their original order

The Gainesville City Zoo just received its first three animals. The first animal it received was a deer. The second animal it received was a monkey. The third animal it received was a lion. Children in Gainesville are excited about the opening of the zoo!

Arrange the pictures in chronological order.

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1

2

Susan made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. First, she spread peanut butter on one slice of bread. Next, she spread jelly on one slice of bread. After spreading the jelly on, she put the two slices of bread together. Finally, she ate it. It was delicious!

Next, she spread jelly on one slice of bread.

Finally, she ate it.

After spreading the jelly on, she put the two slices of bread together.

First, she spread peanut butter on one slice of bread.

2

4

3

1

Arrange the following in chronological order.

Let’s try one more! Bill wants to tell a friend what he does in the

morning before going to school. First, I get out of bed. Next, I get dressed. Then, I eat breakfast. After breakfast, I brush my teeth and make my lunch. Finally, I get on the bus and go to school..

----Finally, I get on the bus and go to school.

----After breakfast, I brush my teeth and make my lunch.

----Then, I eat breakfast.

----Next, I get dressed.

----First, I get out of bed.

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3

2

1

4

Mary is playing with her blocks when Brenda stomps through; destroying the work Mary has spent an hour creating.

*****

Mary is about to ask out Billy when Brenda hits Mary with a dead skunk. Billy laughs and Mary runs away.

*****

Mary is in an interview for her dream job when she starts to feel sick; she realizes her sister switched lunches, giving Mary a peanut butter sandwich, despite knowing that Mary is allergic to peanuts.

Mary is about to audition for a tightrope-walking act that will be on television when Brenda shows up and cuts in front of her in line for the audition. A gust of wind pushes Brenda off the highwire; Brenda manages to grab on to the edge of the building, but is hanging by her fingers, calling for help, when Mary stomps on her fingers.

Mary ends up getting arrested for attempted murder, and Brenda gets a job hosting a television show about jealous brothers and sisters.

Flashback

story-within-a-story

Effect Cause

When the story jumps from the present to the past in order to help explain how the characters arrived at their current situation.

Brenda is hanging from the side of a building while her sister Mary stomps on her fingers. Brenda asks what she's done to deserve this, making Mary even more furious.*****

Mary is playing with her blocks when Brenda stomps through, destroying the work Mary has spent an hour creating. ***** Mary is about to ask out Billy when Brenda hits Mary with a dead skunk. Billy laughs and Mary runs away.

Mary is in an interview for her dream job when she starts to feel sick; she realizes her sister switched lunches, giving Mary a peanut butter sandwich, despite knowing that Mary is allergic to peanuts.

*****

Mary is about to audition for a tightrope-walking act that will be on television when Brenda shows up and cuts in front of her in line for the audition. A gust of wind pushes Brenda off the high wire; Brenda manages to grab on to the edge of the building, but is hanging by her fingers, calling for help, when Mary stomps on her fingers.

Mary ends up getting arrested for attempted murder, and Brenda gets a job hosting a television show about jealous brothers and sisters.

. The colored boxes indicate scenes shown in color, representing events happening in real time; the black-and-white checker boxes

indicate scenes shown in black and white, representing events happened in the past and shown as flashbacks.

THE END