NARRATIVE MS. STUBBS 10/5/15
WHAT IS A NARRATIVE? The process of telling a story or giving an account of something What purpose do narratives throughout time serve? Fiction changing reality 1948: George Orwell’s 1984
FIVE ELEMENTS OF A STORY 1.CHARACTER Protagonist: Antagonist:
FIVE ELEMENTS OF A STORY 2.POINT-OF-VIEW First Person: Second Person: Third Person Limited: Third Person Omniscient:
FIVE ELEMENTS OF A STORY 3.PLOT
FIVE ELEMENTS OF A STORY 4.SETTING Why is setting important?
FIVE ELEMENTS OF A STORY 5.THEME
PLANNING A NARRATIVE PLANNING Decide thesis/purpose of narrative Write main events that support thesis/purpose of narrative Write supporting details for each main event Organize events into chronological order
NARRATIVE WRITING PROMPT Who is this woman? Where has she been, where is she going? What is her story?
NARRATIVE WRITING PROMPT What caused this destruction? Where are the two people coming from, where are they going? What is the story that led up to destruction/what is the story after?