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Narrative Writing

Narrative Writing. What is narrative writing?. Narrative writing tells a story or part of a story. often told from the author’s point of view The author shares feelings and specific details often has sensory details (the five senses) verbs are vivid and precise has a plot structure.

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Narrative Writing

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  1. Narrative Writing What is narrative writing?

  2. Narrative writing tells a story or part of a story. • often told from the author’s point of view • The author shares feelings and specific details • often has sensory details (the five senses) • verbs are vivid and precise • has a plot structure

  3. General Characteristics Include: • Characters • Setting • Sequencing • Transitions • Plot structure – introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution • conflict

  4. Narrative writing relies on personal experiences • Filled with details that help to explain and support the story • All of the details support the main point the writer is attempting to make

  5. Memoirs: A TYPE OF NARRATIVE • Focuses on a person, place or thing which has a particular significance in the writer’s life • Has a particular focus • Recreates for the reader incidents share with the person, in the place, or with the “thing (such as an animal)” • Reveals the writer’s knowledge of and feelings about the person, place, or thing • Makes the person, place, or thing come alive for the reader

  6. Examples to checkout: • Thank you Mr. Faulkner by Patricia Polacco • The Memory Box by Mary Bahr • Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe • All the Places to Love by Patricia McLachlan

  7. Setting - time and location in which a story takes place Plot - how the author arranges events to develop there basic idea. The plot is a planned, logical series of events having beginning, middle, and end. Conflict – essential to the plot. Any form of opposition that faces main characters and makes the plot move. Two types of conflict: External – A struggle with a force outside of one’s self Internal – A struggle within one’s self; a person must make some decision, overcome pain, quiet their temper, resist and urge, etc Character – the person in a work of fiction - The characteristics of a person

  8. Character – There are two meanings for the word character - the person in a work of fiction - The characteristics of a person Persons in a work of fiction: Protagonist : character central to the story (Main Character) Antagonist : Character who posses the main character

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