新编英语教程Unit Four.docVIP

Unit 4 Text I Writing Skills The text is a piece of narrative writing and organized in the usual chronological order. But at the start of the text, the author used the flashback technique by beginning with the signing of the will and then turned back to the classification of Shakespeare’s life into several periods based on a time order. The author also used the “cyclic return” in the writing by using the key word “signature” both in the first paragraph and the last paragraph. The two techniques helped the author to inform the reader about the life of Shakespeare most effectively. 2) The author