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Our group picked Christy’s (3U-S6) story starter. This story starter tells about there was a girl found a paperclip which sent her to “a secret garden”. The genre of this story is fantasy and its sub-genre is children advanture. Our group are going to presenting newspaper and creative story.

There are a lot of conventions for fantasy story, but there are three important conventions. First, fantasy story uses supernatural or unusual phenomena as a base element of plot, theme, and setting. Secondly, it can appear in fantasy world or imaginary places, where magic is common to use. The last is there are a magic items, which can help characters to get more power. Among the most common magic items are magic swords and magic rings. As a consequence, there is person who uses it, usually called a magician, wizard, sorcerer, or figure fantasy.

In this story, my role is an actress. I act as Dita. I am the student of Columbia International School. After school, I went to the washroom, I saw a paperclip there. When I take it, that paperclip sent me to another world. Suddenly I was in the secret garden. When I was looking my way to back, I found a green bottle. Then, I continue my journey and I met a man. That man told me that he was looking for his bottle, it reminded me with the green bottle that I found. When I gave it to him, he gave a present which is a magic ring. That man told me, to put that ring in my finger and it could make my wish come true. After that, I put that ring in my finger and I hoped that I can bak to my house. Suddenly, my classmate found me in front of my house. And I came back to my house. After that day, my memory about “a secret garden” was loosing slowly. I forget everything about it, I just remember that I had a ring. My parents gave it to the police to make a research. 3 days after that, polices told us that the ring is King Charles’s lost ring. And Prince William as King’s Charles son gave me a huge present for me. And it changed my life to be the wealthiest girl in Canada.

__ Meaning: __ It shows us the first important convention, which fantasy story uses supernatural or unusual phenomena as a base element of plot and setting.
 * 1) 1. “When I take it, that paperclip sent me to another world.”

It shows us the second important convention, which can appear in fantasy world or imaginary places, where magic is common to use.
 * 1) 2. “Suddenly I was in the secret garden.”

It shows us the third important convention, which there are a magic items, which can help characters to get more power.
 * 1) 3. “..., he gave a present which is a magic ring. That man told me, to put that ring in my finger and it could make my wish come true.”