Narrative NonFiction Notes Narrative A narrative is a
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Narrative Non-Fiction Notes
Narrative �A narrative is a short story or recounting a series of events. Good narration has • A clear context (exposition, establishing when, • • where, and to whom the action is happening) Well-chosen and emphasized details (description) A logical (often chronological) organization An appropriate and consistent point of view A meaningful point or purpose.
Chronological Order �An organizational method that relates events from beginning to end in the order in which they occurred. �First, she prepared the ingredients. �Then, she filled the pie. �Next, she baked the pie. �Finally, she ate the pie.
Flashback �A narrative device that shows an event or a scene taking place before the present time. Flashbacks break from chronological order to travel back in time to show events from the past.
Point of View �The method of narrating a story. • 1 st Person: The narrator is a character and is telling the story. • 3 rd Person: The story is told by a narrative voice outside of the story. • 3 rd Person Omniscient: An all-knowing narrator who can see into the minds/thoughts of the characters. • 3 rd Person Limited: A narrator who tells only what one character thinks, feels, and observes.
Groups �#1 The Princess Has to Pee �#2 The Tortoise and His Hair �#3 The Moldy Gingerbread Man �#4 Beauty and the Equally Attractive Guy �#5 Snow White and the Seven Stalkers �#6 Little Red in the Hood �#7 Insomniac Beauty
