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Description The Bedford reader chapter 4

The Methods of Engaging a Reader. Description The Bedford reader chapter 4. Turn to pages 80-81 Look at the advertisement and answer the questions in the blue box. Narration in advertisements. www.charlesatlas.com. What does “dynamic Tension” involve?.

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Description The Bedford reader chapter 4

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  1. The Methods of Engaging a Reader DescriptionThe Bedford reader chapter 4

  2. Turn to pages 80-81 Look at the advertisement and answer the questions in the blue box Narration in advertisements

  3. www.charlesatlas.com What does “dynamic Tension” involve?

  4. Turn to an elbow partner and discuss. Be ready to share discuss

  5. Let’s read pages 82-83 together • Anecdotes add: • Color • Specifics • Are memorable Telling a story

  6. Every story has a purpose • Read “Purpose and Shape” p. 83 The process

  7. In narration there is no formal thesis However, by the end of the writing a thesis should be obvious The thesis

  8. Narratives report personal experience narrator=speaker First person=“I” Third person=“he” she” “they” The narrator in the story

  9. Unlike writing about literature, a narrated story can be… • Present tense (I stare, he stares) • Past tense (I stared, he stared) Tense of text

  10. You need to tell the whole story (think of a newspaper article) • What happened? • Who took part/ • When? • Where? • Why did it take place? • How did it happen? What to Emphasize

  11. Two main strategies of narration: • Tell it by scene • As if it were a movie, vivid description • Turn to page 82-83. Read the scene and record what the author is doing • Tell it in summary • Relate events concisely • Just the essentials Scene Versus Summary

  12. Write two paragraphs, one as a summary and one as a scene. Write the same story but in these two different narrative ways. Topic: The main character (you can name them) travels forward in time. assignment

  13. Organization of narration • Chronological: the order in which it happens • “in medias res” (in the middle of things): a dramatic event • Flashback Chapter 4 Day two

  14. Narration is heavily dependent upon verbs to • Clarify • Enliven • Ex: • Weak: The wind made an awful noise. • Strong: The wind roared around the house and rattled the trees. Verbs, verbs, verbs

  15. Verb exercise

  16. Verbs you could have used:

  17. Now choose 10 words from the previous slide and write a short story using all 10. Activity (I was going for “squealed” here”) 

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