1. Warm-up (3): What makes a story believable?
Narrative Techniques
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Warm-up (3): What makes a story believable?

2. LEQ: How do authors use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters?
Narrative Techniques fall into the following categories:
Setting
Plot
Perspective/Point-of-View
Style
Theme
Character
We will go through each category individually and address specific techniques that you should be able to identify. This list is NOT all inclusive.
You will keep track of Narrative Techniques that are used throughout The Thief and the Dogs.
I would recommend that you write the technique being used, and the page number where you found it. If the example is short enough, copy it into your notes. If it’s longer, write down the first couple words so that you can find it easily if/when asked.

3. Examples (taken from Chapter 1):
Stream-of-consciousness: (pg. 15) “What’s important now is to make your face relax, to pour a little cold water over your feelings, to appear friendly and conciliatory, to play the planned role well.”
Third-Person Narration: (pg. 13) “Once more he breathed the air of freedom.”
Question: Is this novel 3rd-person limited or omniscient? Who do you know?
You will be responsible for identifying other techniques used throughout the chapters and adding them to your notes.

4. Setting Techniques
NOTE: You will see several of the same techniques in multiple categories. Take note of the differences in their usage.
Sensory Details/Imagery – using the senses to describe a place, making it REAL
Time: when does the story take place?

5. Plot Techniques Backstory Flashback Foreshadowing Plot Twist
Unreliable Narrator

6. Perspective / Point-of-View Techniques
First-Person Narration
Third-Person Narration
Stream-of-Consciousness
Unreliable Narrator

7. Style Techniques Hyperbole/Overstatement – excessive exaggeration
Imagery/Sensory Details – using descriptive words that appeal to the senses
Onomatopoeia – words that sound similar to what they are
Oxymoron – a term made of two words that deliberately or coincidentally imply each other’s opposites
Pathos – appealing to emotion(s)
Satire – the use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize

8. Theme Techniques Irony – discrepancy between expectation and reality
Situational – what happens is the opposite of what is expected
Dramatic – the audience knows more than the character
Verbal – saying one thing while meaning another
Simile/Metaphor – phrasing that compares similar things (similes use like or as)

9. Character Techniques Hamartia – character flaw
Pathetic Fallacy – reflecting a character’s mood in the atmosphere or inanimate objects
Personification – giving human-like characteristics to abstract concepts and non-human entities

10. Narrative Assignment #1
Schedule:
Assigned: January 30th (B) & 31st (A)
Planning Document is DUE for review on February 7th (A) & 8th (B)
Rough Drafts DUE for review on February 9th (A) & 10th (B)
Final Draft will be DUE on February 16th (B) &17th (A)
Revisions (Optional) will be DUE by February 23rd (B) & 24th (A)
Narrative Assignment #1
Write a 2-3 page narrative that focuses on the development of a single character. Your story must include a realistic setting, intriguing dialogue, and a minor plot (2-3 pages is not enough space to go crazy).
Grading will be based on the CCSS-aligned Narrative Rubric*
You will be given a copy

11. The CCSS-aligned Narrative Rubric (Level 4 Scores Referenced)
Organization/Purpose (x2 multiplier)
skillfully establishes one or multiple point(s) of view (11-12W3a)
skillfully introduces a narrator and/or characters (11-12W3a)
skillfully uses a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole and build toward a particular tone and outcome (11-12-W3c)
skillfully produces clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience (11-12W4)
Evidence/Elaboration (x2 multiplier)
skillfully uses narrative techniques such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines to develop experiences, events, and/or characters (11- 12W3b)
skillfully uses precise words and phrases, concrete details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/ or characters (11- 12W3d)
Language/Conventions (x1 multiplier)
demonstrates a skillful command of grade-level appropriate standard English grammar, usage, and conventions (1112L1-2)

12. 02.01 –
Warm-up: Why is suspense important?

13. 02.03 –
Warm-up: Does a story need to be told in chronological order? Why or why not?