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NARRATIVE MS. STUBBS 10/5/15
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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
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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A STORY 1.CHARACTER Protagonist: Antagonist:
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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A STORY 2.POINT-OF-VIEW First Person: Second Person: Third Person Limited: Third Person Omniscient:
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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A STORY 3.PLOT
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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A STORY 4.SETTING Why is setting important?
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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A STORY 5.THEME
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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
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NARRATIVE WRITING PROMPT Who is this woman? Where has she been, where is she going? What is her story? http://quantumfairytales.com/tag/writing-prompt-2/
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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? https://7ee6an.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/bashar-is-bombing-us/aleppo-destruction/
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