1. Chronological Structure

2. Narrative tells a story beginning, middle and end has story elements
prose or poetry
fiction
epic poems
nonfiction: memoir
nonfiction: autobiography/biography
nonfiction: history
science book
topical poetry
procedural

3. Epic Poetry tells a story beginning, middle and end has story elements
The Iliad concrete poetry
Beowolf topical poetry
Odyssey
The Most Secret Window

4. Prose tells a story beginning, middle and end has story elements
has paragraphs
“Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky” The Iliad
Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. “Roses are Red”
My Life: Bill Clinton “Hey Mama”