Narrative and Descriptive Writing Techniques

Why is it important to use narrative/descriptive writing strategies?

• It is not important. They are a waste if time.

• They help to keep the reader engaged in your writing and are creative ways to describe important characters, settings, and events.

• They help to make the story flow from one idea to the next smoothly.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

I thought back to my fifth birthday and remembered that it was the first time I met my best friend Tina. Twenty years later, we are still making memories.

• Show, don't tell

• Flashback

• Hyphenated Modifier

• Simile

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The white, glistening snow started falling, covering up the faded black driveway that was cracked and worn down. It wasn't how I remembered it years ago.

• Show don't tell

• Repetition for effect

• Simile

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What technique is shown below?"What are you doing here?" John asked."I'm her to bring you home," his mother said lovingly.

• Magic 3

• Show don't tell

• Dialogue

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What can you do to improve your setting's description?

• Make it short and vague

• Make it really long and hard to follow

• Add details using different senses

• Don't talk about setting at all.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is meant by flashback?

• Conclusion of the narrative

• Interruption in the narrative to show quick events from the past which may help explain what’s occurring in the present.

• Beginning of the narrative to show what will happen in the future

• Middle of the narrative

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Being lost can be a frightening experience for a child.  Write about a time you were lost.  Be sure to include descriptive details in your story.

• Narrative

• Opinion

• Informational

Which of the following literary techniques provides the time and place of the story?

• Dialogue

• Imagery

• Setting

• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which is an example of Magic 3?

• No, no, no!

• Martha spent time thinking about her past, imagining what life could have been like if things were different, and wondering whether she had made the right decision or not.

• Over the bump. Over the hill. Over the mountain. This would be easy.

• None of these show Magic 3.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What writing technique is being shown below?

The tree's leaves danced in the sky as the wind began to pick up speed.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A