Narrative Writing

Narrative Writing

We write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

Hook

• Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance

• You can use a variety of techniques to hook a reader's attention.

• Some examples would include: interesting facts or trivia, anecdote, metaphor, surprise statement, description, or questions.

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Multiple Select

Select all the options below that could be used as a hook.

• Surprise statement

• Thesis

• Question

• Main Idea

• Interesting Fact

Narrative Techniques

• Dialogue: spoken words of characters EX: "Where did you go?" she asked. I said, "Leave me alone."

• Pacing: speed at which a story is told (can be used to speed up or slow down the story) Elements: action, cliffhanger, word choice

• Description: sensory details- looks like, sounds like, feels like, and smells or tastes like EX: The sunset filled the sky with a deep red flame, setting the clouds ablaze

• Reflection: writer describes a real or imaginary scene and adds a personal reflection on its meaning Ask yourself questions

Multiple Choice

"Walking through the woods, he saw a fox was following him" is an example of...

• a complex sentence

• independent clause

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a compound sentence?

• My mother washed the vegetables then cut them into little pieces.

• I am going to school.

Punctuation

• Semicolon(;) used to link two independent clauses EX: We had too many fumbles; we lost the game

• Colon(:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation EX: I ordered these supplies: potatoes, sugar, coffee, and eggs.

• Comma(,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. EX: John did his homework, packed his bag, and went to sleep.