1. Matakuliah : Writing III Tahun : 2006-2007 Versi : 3
Pertemuan 4 Narrative

2. By the end of this session the students are expected to be able to
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session the students are expected to be able to
explore ideas by free-writing
choose which details to be included
understand what narrative paragraph is
to recognize adequate development in narration

3. Free-writing technique Necessary or unnecessary details
Outline of Materials
Free-writing technique
Necessary or unnecessary details
Narrative paragraphs
Developing the narrative paragraph or essay

4. Free-writing
Free-writing is writing about a topic for a fixed period of time without worrying about grammar, spelling, or organization.
The purpose is to explore a topic and gather ideas
You can later select the parts that you need and delete the rest

5. Necessary Details
Having done your writing freely, you must now read it again to eliminate unnecessary details.
You can ask yourself, “What is my main point?”
Then (re)-write your topic sentence
Look at the rest of the paragraph, what details are important to support you main idea, and which are not. Cross out those which do not support it.
Ask focused questions to develop your ideas.

6. The description of the event should be as vivid as possible
Narrative Paragraphs
Narrative is the type of writing used to tell a story, or an event in our lives in the past.
The description of the event should be as vivid as possible
Usually, a narrative text use first personal pronoun I, or we, but it can also be she/he.

7. Developing Narrative Paragraphs
There are two kinds of development:
Background information
This is to give readers information on where or when the story took place.
Supporting details
Readers need details, especially sensory details, to support the writer’s main point.

8. When you write a narrative paragraph you use mainly past tenses
Example:
When I was in college, I kept wondering what
kind of work I would do after graduation. I talked
to my sister several times and she invited me to
come see her in the capital, Bogota. Most of all,
I needed to learn what companies were there
and how I could find a job there.
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9. Conclusions
A writer can generate ideas by free-writing
After that, the writer can select necessary or unnecessary details from his/her text
Asking focused questions can help the writer to get more ideas
Narrative is a type of writing that tells a story
Narrative is usually written in past tenses