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Analyzing Narratives Review Session

This session explores how authors use dialogue in narratives to make the story more complex, reveal details about characters, and make reading more enjoyable. Participants will learn strategies for analyzing and interpreting dialogue in order to gain deeper insights into the narrative.

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Analyzing Narratives Review Session

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  1. Analyzing NarrativesReview Session

  2. Authors use dialogue in narratives in order to: (Choose the best answer)a. make the story more complexb. reveal details about charactersc. make reading more fun

  3. Authors use dialogue in narratives in order to: (Choose the best answer)a. make the story more complexb. reveal details about charactersc. make reading more fun

  4. Observe the image below. See if you can come up with three details about the setting portrayed. (Keep all five elements of setting in mind.)

  5. Which element of characterization usually provides the least amount about a character in a narrative? Why?(Choose the best answer)a. physical descriptionb. thoughts/feelings/wordsc. actions/motivesd. comments/reactions of others

  6. Which element of characterization usually provides the least amount about a character in a narrative?(Choose the best answer)a. physical description-least about personality, motives, etc. easily changes, usually not as importantb. thoughts/feelings/wordsc. actions/motivesd. comments/reactions of others

  7. What should all readers be careful not to do when noting dialect in a narrative?a. use context clues to infer meaning of unfamiliar words b. make judgments about characters based solely on dialectc. use evidence from the text, along with dialect, to analyze characterization

  8. What should all readers be careful not to do when noting dialect in a narrative?a. use context clues to infer meaning of unfamiliar words b. make judgments about characters based solely on the way they speakc. use evidence from the text, along with dialect, to analyze characterization

  9. James was the top scorer on his soccer team last year, but he didn’t sign up to try out this year. What could his motive be?

  10. James was the top scorer on his soccer team last year, but he didn’t sign up to try out this year. What could his motive be?Answers may vary:injury, likes another sport more, struggling with homework load/grades low, family issues going on, no money for equipment/fees

  11. T/F The protagonist is the “good character” and the antagonist is the “bad character”

  12. T/F The protagonist is the “good character” and the antagonist is the “bad character”The protagonist is the character who the reader is rooting for. Sometimes the protagonist is not necessarily moral or “good”. The antagonist is causing some kind of conflict or challenge for the protagonist, but is not by nature necessarily evil.

  13. Read the following excerpt. How might setting affect the character?Jack grew up in New York City. He loves taking the subway to school. His favorite thing to do is to sit on a bench and people watch. He loves all of the different kinds of people who lived all around him. His favorite restaurant is famous for sushi, and Jack loves the independence of jumping in a cab with his friends when they want to go somewhere. Jack didn’t know that the news he was about to hear would devastate him. His mom’s job would relocate their family to a small farming town in Ohio.

  14. Read the following excerpt. How might setting affect the character?Jack grew up in New York City. He loves taking the subway to school. His favorite thing to do is to sit on a bench and people watch. He loves all of the different kinds of people who lived all around him. His favorite restaurant is famous for sushi, and Jack loves the independence of jumping in a cab with his friends when they want to go somewhere. Jack didn’t know that the news he was about to hear would devastate him. His mom’s job would relocate their family to a small farming town in Ohio.Possible answers: *He may have trouble adjusting to a small town*He may learn to love it in Ohio*He may become depressed*His family might be on conflict over the move*Who he is as a person may change due to the change in his environment

  15. Is the following conflict internal or external? How do you know?Jimmy goes to see the guidance counselor because for the third day in a row, someone wrote on his locker. He’s too embarrassed to tell his mom or dad, but he wants it to stop.

  16. Is the following conflict internal or external? How do you know?Jimmy goes to see the guidance counselor because for the third day in a row, someone wrote on his locker. He’s too embarrassed to tell his mom or dad, but he wants it to stop.Answer: external (character vs. society)

  17. Read the final paragraph of a narrative. Can you infer that the character is dynamic or static?When he walked through the terminal and into the crowd of people waiting, Megan barely recognized her father. She never would have guessed that there would be a day when he actually came to visit her. As she embraced him with a hug, she knew right away there was a change. She did not smell alcohol on his breath, and the empty look in his eyes was gone. She closed her eyes for a moment, hoping that she wasn’t dreaming.

  18. Read the final paragraph of a narrative. Can you infer that the character is dynamic or static?When he walked through the terminal and into the crowd of people waiting, Megan barely recognized her father. She never would have guessed that there would be a day when he actually came to visit her. As she embraced him with a hug, she knew right away there was a change. She did not smell alcohol on his breath, and the empty look in his eyes was gone. She closed her eyes for a moment, hoping that she wasn’t dreaming. dynamic

  19. Read the following poem with the purpose of looking for the motive of the author. What can we infer is the motive of the author? How does that relate to a possible theme?

  20. Read the following poem with the purpose of looking for the motive of the author. What can we infer is the motive of the author? How does that relate to a possible theme?

  21. Describe what the exposition of a narrative is by listing:-When it occurs in a narrative-Which details the author reveals in the exposition

  22. Describe what the exposition of a narrative is by listing:-When it occurs in a narrativefirst (or beginning of a story)-Which details the author reveals in the expositionsetting, characters, tone, and mood

  23. Analyzing the same narrative poem, why did the author use 2nd person to tell his story?

  24. Answer: Authors often use 2nd person to connect to the reader and establish a close relationship. 2nd person can serve as a method for making the reader feel comfortable with or trust the author. Analyzing the same narrative poem, why did the author use 2nd person to tell his story?

  25. Make a list of ways in which 1st person may be more beneficial than a 3rd person omniscient account of historical events?

  26. Make a list of ways in which 1st person may be more beneficial than a 3rd person omniscient account of historical events?Answers:*personal experiences*specific details add meaning*opinions of people involved vs opinions of outsiders

  27. Why is second person point of view more common in conversation than writing?

  28. Why is second person point of view more common in conversation than writing? While speaking, other people can respond. In writing, the reader cannot often respond directly to the author.

  29. Which point of view is used in the excerpt from the narrative below? Which clues led you to your answer?I could not believe that we are stuck in Montana for the entire month of July! I mean, I know that we should not have been hanging out with Jeremy and the rest of those guys. I knew that they would get us into trouble. But shipping us off to Montana for a month isn’t going to help the situation.

  30. Which point of view is used in the excerpt from the narrative below? Which clues led you to your answer?I could not believe that we are stuck in Montana for the entire month of July! I mean, I know that we should not have been hanging out with Jeremy and the rest of those guys. I knew that they would get us into trouble. But shipping us off to Montana for a month isn’t going to help the situation.First person b/c I, we (first person pronouns, limited point of view, narrator is a character in the story)

  31. T/F Only important events in a narrative belong on a plot line.Explain your choice

  32. T/F Only important events in a narrative belong on a plot line.By selecting events to include on a plot map, you are deciding which events are not as significant as others. You are also summarizing other events to capture the main idea.

  33. In analyzing a narrative, events on a plot line should be arranged in time order, otherwise known as _______________________order.

  34. In analyzing a narrative, events on a plot line should be arranged in time order, otherwise known as chronologicalorder.

  35. Can you identify all six elements that readers use to analyze narratives? (hint, one of them is setting)

  36. Can you identify all six elements that readers use to analyze narratives? (hint, one of them is setting)conflict, point of view, characters, theme, plot,

  37. Congrats on completing the review session!Be sure to spend time on your own preparing for the test on Friday!

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