1. The Writing Methods: Narration
Scene or Summary
Scene
Presenting an event as vividly and precisely as possible incorporating descriptive writing
Summary
Relating events concisely providing only the essential details of the event
Sequences (Transitions)
Chronological
Presenting an event in the order in which they occurred.
i.e. First, Second, Last
Significance
Relating events in the order of greatest/least importance
The most important, The second most important, the least most important
Spatial
Relating events in the order of size or location
The largest, The smallest; In the sky, on the ground

2. The Writing Methods: Narration
The Checklist for A Narrative
Thesis
Is your thesis clear to your reader (especially if you don’t provide a thesis statement?)
Point of View (POV)
Is your voice appropriate to the narrative you are telling? Are you consistent in narrative POV (not shifting from 1st to 3rd to 2nd)?
Narrator: The speaker in a story. Can be either
1st Person: Personal and more subjective in nature. “I, We”
2nd Person: The narrator directly refers to the reader. “You”
3rd Person: Distant and more objective based. “he, she, it, they”
Selection of Events
Have you chosen only those details that are most important to conveying the purpose of your narrative? Did you focus on info that was unimportant?
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
Organization
Transitions
Are the transitions used appropriate to your organization? Were you consistent in your use of transitions?
Verbs
Passive v. Active Writing? Consistent verb tense?

3. The Writing Methods: Narration
Vocabulary for Narration:
Learn these vocabulary words!
Anecdote
Narrator
Subjective
Objective
First-Person Perspective
Second-Person Perspective
Third-Person Perspective
The “5 W’s and the H”
Scene
Chronological Order
Transitions