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Why is getting the story first a big deal?

It's a big deal, so you can understand and summarize/ paraphrase the story.

Explanation:

If you read the story, you will understand and comprehend what is happening inside the story. If you don't read the story and just answer the questions, you might get frustrated because you didn't read the story, you don't know the answers.

Here is an example:

Little Red Riding Hood

1. How did the wolf manipulate the girl?

You don't know the answer to the question because you didn't read the story, you are either forced to guess and use context clues or go back and read the story.

I hope this helped :)

It is necessary because if you don't then you will have absolutely no idea what is going on later on.

Explanation:

adding more details about the struggle rainsford experiences as he swims to the shore

i cannot see a paragraph to answer the question