~ENGLISH STANDARDS~

(RL) 5. Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as its aesthetic impact.

             In the book, Pretty Girl-13, the author begins the story with the present. Through out the book, it has flashbacks to the past. The story changes to different time periods such as the present, the past, and dreams. Although, some readers think the story plot is confusing, the author actually made it really easy to follow and understand. The author's choice of starting the story in the present helps create a mysterious mood, because you want to know who kidnapped the girl and how did she find her way back home. The fact that the story ended with the present makes it cohesive to the beginning of the story, since it also took place in the present. In Pretty Girl-13, the author creates an interesting and easy to follow structure, that not many stories have. This made the story really entertaining to read.