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Narrative Writing

Narrative Writing. What the heck are modifiers?. Modifiers. Adjectives and Adverbs Examples: Good  “Acres of black and yellow smoke rolled steadily toward the water.” Bad The smoke moved toward the water. If this is the image you want people to see, how should you describe it?.

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Narrative Writing

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  1. Narrative Writing What the heck are modifiers?

  2. Modifiers • Adjectives and Adverbs • Examples: • Good “Acres of black and yellow smoke rolled steadily toward the water.” • Bad The smoke moved toward the water

  3. If this is the image you want people to see, how should you describe it?

  4. Strong Verbs • Verbs • Examples: • Good “They gazed intently at the dense blue of the horizon, as if a silhouette might appear there at any moment.” • Bad They looked at the horizon

  5. When I play World of WarcraftIdon’t just see the graphics. I hear the incredible music, feel the computer keys at my fingertips and the bits of popcorn under by butt, smell the eggnog in my nearby cup of coffee, and taste the sweat of concentration as it drips down my face. Use your Senses

  6. Comparisons • Similes • “The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly towards a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock.” • Metaphors • “The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid nearer and nearer the sill of the world.” • Personification • “Small flames stirred at the bole of a tree and crawled away through leaves and brushwood...”

  7. Group Time! • Group 1 • Claire • Tiana • Bret • Caroline • Kevin • Group 4 • Krit • Jacob • Kat • Emily • Hayley • Group 2 • Nick • Connor • Mango • Willy • Joshua • Group 5 • Thomas • Cole • Alex • Sharon • Rebecca • Group 3 • Sarah • Peter • Chrissy • Samuel • Summer • Group 6 • Daniel • Bryan • Tony • Mark • Brieann

  8. As a group, you need to rewrite the following paragraph This is a nightmare I had about six months ago. Your group needs to rewrite this paragraph incorporating ALL of the different elements we have just talked about. I woke up from this dream in a cold sweat and out of breath. Please try to make it genuinely frightening so I don’t feel like a complete wimp (do so by incorporating each of the elements that we have discussed today)

  9. Ms. Slykhuis’ Nightmare of Epic Proportions My basement suite was dark. My sister was beside me. The hallway became longer as we walked down it. Something moved by me. A shape followed us. The suite got darker. The shape got closer. It touched my arm.

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