SMART WRITING

USING
SVO TABLE
A BANK ROBBERY

INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH
- introduce the character (WHO )
and the setting of
the story
(TIME AND PLACE)
- What happened before the
incidents?

Body (Second Paragraph)

- describe what you saw happened

Time Phrases / Subject

Linking
(Nouns)
Phrases
(Who? What?)

Verbs ( Action
done)
Verb to be (am
is are was
were)
Verb to have

Objects/
Complements
Who? Where?
How ? What?
When?
Reasons?
Effects?

While

my mother and I

were walking

towards the bank,

suddenly

heard

a loud gunshot.

It

came

from the bank.

felt

a little bit scared

but

was eager to know

At that moment,

saw

two men rushed out from the

bank with bags full of money
and jewelleries.

Meanwhile

there

was

a man in a car who was

waiting for them outside the
bank.

what was happening.

Time Phrases / Subject

Linking
(Nouns)
Phrases
(Who? What?)

Previously,

In fact,

Verbs ( Action
done)
Verb to be (am
is are was
were)
Verb to have

Objects/
Complements
Who? Where?
How ? What?
When?
Reasons?
Effects?

The bank manager

ran after

them outside the bank.

he

managed to call

the police to ask for help.

He

was

so panic and shocked with

the incident.

The bank robbers

seemed not to be
satisfied

with what they have got.

they

wanted to take

more money and jewels from

the bank.

they

decided to go into

the bank once again to

collect more money due to
their greediness.

Time Phrases / Subject

Linking
(Nouns)
Phrases
(Who? What?)

Previously,

In fact,

Verbs ( Action
done)
Verb to be (am
is are was
were)
Verb to have

Objects/
Complements
Who? Where?
How ? What?
When?
Reasons?
Effects?

The bank manager

ran after

them outside the bank.

he

managed to call

the police to ask for help.

He

was

so panic and shocked with

the incident.

The bank robbers

seemed not to be
satisfied

with what they have got.

they

wanted to take

more money and jewels from

the bank.

they

decided to go into

the bank once again to

collect more money due to
their greediness.

Time Phrases / Subject

Linking
(Nouns)
Phrases
(Who? What?)

In a short while,

Verbs ( Action
done)
Verb to be (am
is are was
were)
Verb to have

Objects/
Complements
Who? Where?
How ? What?
When?
Reasons?
Effects?

the policemen

already arrived

at the location.

They

took

a quick action .

They

surrounded

the robbery area so that the

robbers could not run away.

The robbers

were

panic when they saw they

were surrounded by the
police.

They

tried to run away

by the car but the police had

made a quick move.

The police

caught

the robbers and handcuffed

them.

Third paragraph
describe what hapened after the incident.

Time Phrases / Subject

Linking
(Nouns)
Phrases
(Who? What?)

Verbs ( Action
done)
Verb to be (am
is are was
were)
Verb to have

Objects/
Complements
Who? Where?
How ? What?
When?
Reasons?
Effects?

Closure (Penutup)
- state your feelings and suggest ways to prevent
snatch theft.

Time Phrases / Subject

Linking
(Nouns)
Phrases
(Who? What?)

Verbs ( Action
done)
Verb to be (am
is are was
were)
Verb to have

Objects/
Complements
Who? Where?
How ? What?
When?
Reasons?
Effects?