Narrative by Brown and Braxton

Be the Teacher: Narrative
By Brown and Braxton

The Base of Narrative

The base part of Narrative writing is telling a story. Narrative writing tells something that happens whether it is made up or real.

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​Setting

There are many important parts of Narrative writing. One is the setting. The setting is where and when the story is happening. Ex: Mary was walking on a cold, dark, and stormy night at 3 am.

Multiple Select

What is setting?

• When something is happening?

• Who is doing something?

• Where something is happening?

• How is this something happening?

Dialogue

Dialogue at its base is speaking. When you have dialogue it usually happens between two or more people. Dialogue is often used with "quotation marks".

Fill in the Blanks

Dialogue usually consists of how many people?

(Do not use caps)

​Point of View

The point of view is a big part of Narrative writing. The point of view is who is telling the story. There are three types of point of view. The first point of view means that the main character is telling the story from his/her perspective. The second point of view is placing the reader as the main character. The third point of view means that a external narrator is telling the story.
Ex of 1st person: I went to the Market
Ex of 2nd person: You went to the Market
Ex: of 3rd person She went to the Market

Multiple Choice

Bob ate a sandwich on a tree and fell down. He broke his arm and went to the doctor. His parents paid the bill and gave Bob a talk about his safety. In the end Bob's arm healed and it was alright.

What is the point of view of the story?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 5th person

• 3rd person

Multiple Choice

I sat on an ant bed and they bit me a lot. I had to go to the doctor and I had to get medicine for my behind. It was not comfortable and it hurt. Sadly, after the experience I went home with a cast on my behind.

What is the point of view?

• 2nd person

• 5th person

• 3rd person

• 1st person

Multiple Choice

You went to the ballgame and you caught a hot dog. You thought it was a foul ball. Then out of thin air thousands of hot dogs come flying at you in seconds. You were so overwhelmed that you went into a panic and sprinted across the field in terror. You rip off your shirt to get the hot dogs off. You start spinning on the ground in the middle of the field and go crazy. Then randomly not just a hot dog hits you but a 300 foot tall sausage dog. In the end, you wake up and realize it was all a dream, but wait you were still in the middle of the baseball field on the ground.

What is the point of view?

• 5th person

• 3rd person

• 2nd person

• 1st person

​Grammar

In Narrative writing you still have to have good grammar. Though you can use contractions and the rules are a little more loose you still have to have good grammar.

Fill in the Blanks

Jimmy ate hot dog and it was good.

What is missing?

(do not use caps)

Multiple Select

Sitney said to Gary I want to go to the store.

What is missing in the sentence?

• Capital Letters

• Quotation Marks

• Periods

• Comma

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