A
three-sentence story in the past perfect…
It wasn’t until
she had politely refused strawberry ice cream three times, but accepted his
offer of rum raisin instead, that he realized she actually didn’t like the taste
of strawberry. Shares it.
And since the boxes
of ice cream flavors always contained strawberry, a competition developed so
that he had always given her the strawberry ice cream before she politely
exchanged her strawberry for his rum raisin. But still offered him a taste.
This ice cream war
became so intense that one night she had completely eaten the rum raisin ice cream while he answered the telephone.
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Voice-over
The past perfect
combines had (the simple past of have) with the past participle of the main
verb. Used to show that an action occurred before a specified time in the past.
As in: “She had abandoned politeness by the time she stole the ice cream.”
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| Narrative Arc of The Ice Cream War |
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