Narrative Writing
Why do we write Narratives?
Narrative writing tells a story. Anytime you tell a story of your life or an even to someone you are engaging in a form of narration.
The purpose of a narrative is to be engaging and informing. A narrative is engaging in the way it captures the reader's attention because it is funny, thrilling, has interesting characters, vivid language, etc... It is informing as it teaches the audience about events, morals, facts, different lifestyles, other ways to see the world and more.
Narratives can take many forms including: written, verbal, prose, poetry, songs, film, theatre and pictures.
Narrative writing tells a story. Anytime you tell a story of your life or an even to someone you are engaging in a form of narration.
The purpose of a narrative is to be engaging and informing. A narrative is engaging in the way it captures the reader's attention because it is funny, thrilling, has interesting characters, vivid language, etc... It is informing as it teaches the audience about events, morals, facts, different lifestyles, other ways to see the world and more.
Narratives can take many forms including: written, verbal, prose, poetry, songs, film, theatre and pictures.
Module 1: Narrative Structure
What is a Narrative?
This is the narrative structure. It shows the path of a traditional narrative and what happens in what order.
This is the narrative structure. It shows the path of a traditional narrative and what happens in what order.
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Module 2: Descriptive Writing
Nouns
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Verbs
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Adjectives
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Adverbs
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Similies
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Metaphors
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Personification
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Onomatopoeia
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Module 3: Transition Words
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Transition words are the words and phrases used to show what order something happened. Some are listed below:
Starter Transitions: at first, at the outset, early, first thing, in the beginning, initially, it all started, it first happened when, when, when first Transitional Words: a brief time later, after a short time, after a while, after that, afterward, before long, during, later on, soon after, then Concluding Transitions: all in all, at last, at the end, finally, in conclusion, in retrospect, on the whole, thinking back, ultimately, whenever
Activity 3.1 - Have a go at writing about your day and identifying the transition words and phrases you use from the list above. When you are finished open the PDF document and try to re-write your day using new words from this list.
The goal is to use at least 10 transitional words each time and 20 in total. |
Module 5: Point of View
Module 4: Opening Hooks
An opening hook is a literary techniques in the opening of a narrative that ‘hooks’ the reader’s attention so the reader will continue reading.
- An opening hook could be anything from a single sentence to several a pages.
- For a high school narrative your hook will be your 1-2 sentences of the narrative.
Module 5: Visual Prompts
Getting an idea for a narrative is always a hard thing. Here are some visual prompts to help you piece together a story. You can use 1 image or link together multiple to form a story in your mind.
Step 1 - Look at the visual prompts
Step 2 - Think up a story in your mind
Step 3 - Write a short little summary of your mind story
Step 4 - Create your opening hook
Step 5 - Plan the structure of your narrative - use the narrative structure diagram from module 1
Step 6 - Think up descriptive writing language to describe the following:
Step 1 - Look at the visual prompts
Step 2 - Think up a story in your mind
Step 3 - Write a short little summary of your mind story
Step 4 - Create your opening hook
Step 5 - Plan the structure of your narrative - use the narrative structure diagram from module 1
Step 6 - Think up descriptive writing language to describe the following:
- Characters
- Settings
- Time
- Movement
- Clothing