Check It Out
The inverted pyramid style is used most often with a direct or summary lead. The facts of the story are given in the order of most important to least important. Review and print out or draw the Inverted Pyramid graphic for your creative writing notebook (Note: You can right-click the link and select "Save as" to save the image file to your computer).
Read the article on the Inverted Pyramid style, and answer the questions below.
There are other styles of writing used with indirect leads, like narration and hourglass style. See Jim Hall’s site for more information.
