Personal and story writing Narrative Personal and story writing

Narrative Writing A Narrative is a STORY. Narrative ~ A fictional story you can make up all of the events. Personal Narrative~ A TRUE story about an event that happened in your life.

Narrative Writing Tell a fictional story. Write the events in order. Remember your plot diagrams. You can do flashbacks. Paragraphs can be any size. INDENT! Still proper grammar, spelling and capitalization.

Order-this is plot! Beginning: Introduce characters, place Middle: Events happen (Rising Action) Use details Keep the events progressing forward (No two pages on how the dude made a sandwich). End: Result (Falling Action)

Conflict The central problem that drives the action of the story. (two main types) Internal conflict-the conflict happens in a character’s mind. A character with a guilty conscience is an example of internal conflict. External conflict-this conflict happens between characters, or between a character and some outside force, like nature. Sherlock Holmes pursuing a criminal is an example of external conflict.

atmosphere The general mood or feeling established in a piece of literature. (two types) 1. Word Choice-the author uses words that make a reader feel a certain way. A spooky atmosphere is created through words like “hideous,” “chilled,” and “nervous”. 2. Pacing-the author controls the speed at which we read through sentence length, punctuation, repetition of words and other techniques.

Explain the differing atmospheres:

Dialogue Indent for each new speaker. Use quotation marks. Use commas inside the quotation marks, then who said the words.

“Wow,” Jim said as he walked down the eerie hallway to his destination “Wow,” Jim said as he walked down the eerie hallway to his destination. “I can’t believe it!” “Hey, wait up!” Joe yelled, as he saw his friends shadow disappear around the corner. Blah, blah, blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, Blah,blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah. “Relax bro,” Jim retorted.

Back and Forth Conversation “Look at that,” Jim said. “I know,” whispered Joe. “How do you know?” “I just do.” “Yeah, right.” (You can stop using their names each time when they talk back and forth right away).

Continued Talking No Capital letter if you continue after you write: I said or Joe said “Sir,” I said to the officer, “the kid just broke his arm.”

How does the writer use thoughts, words, choices, and actions to show characterization?

CHARACTERIZATION The methods used to present the personality of a character in a narrative. Two Types: 1. Direct characterization-the author describes the character. Example: She was a large woman with a large purse. 2. Indirect characterization-the reader judges what the character is like based on what they say or do, or what the other characters say about them. Example: We believe the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” is crazy because he talks nervously and frequently repeats himself.

Point of View First Person: Character is the narrator. Use “I” and “we” Second Person: When the narrator puts the reader in place of the main character. Uses “you” Third Person Limited: Only see the perspective of one character.

What are the three possible perspectives in this picture? Point of view Third Person Omniscient: The narrator knows the thoughts of all characters. You see the story from many perspectives. What are the three possible perspectives in this picture?

Narrative Vocabulary Cause and effect: Do something, something happens Chronological order: Events go in order of TIME

Narrative Vocabulary Flashback: Go back in time to explain an event or feeling Foreshadowing: Hints to future events Adjectives: Describe nouns Sensory language: See, hear, feel, taste, smell

Figurative Language Idiom: Piece of cake Personification: The wind was screaming… Oxymoron: Jumbo shrimp

Figurative Language Simile: She was like a tiger on the court. Metaphor: She was a tiger… Hyperbole: I am so hungry I could eat a horse. I am so tired I could die. Alliteration: Billy Bob bought a bright blue BMW.