Your ASSIGNMENT Write a single scene about an important, fictional event. The scene must establish a
clear point of view and take place in a well-described setting. The scene may be
about anything you can imagine as long as you describe it clearly, it may be a self-
contained story or a single chapter in an ongoing story.
Your scene should include the following elements:
• A fictional event of some kind, such as an important conversation or a major
discovery
A point of view, which may be first person, third-person limited, or third-person
omniscient
• A setting that lets the reader know the place and time in which your event occurs
• At least one narrative technique from the lesson, such as dialogue
Tips for SUCCESS

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli machiavelli claims that “it is much safer to be feared than loved.” which type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his claim? answer : logical how does the author’s use of this evidence create meaning for the reader? answer : by using a historical event to prove the claim