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Narrative Style Writing
Narrative Style Writing
Narrative Style
Narrative
• Narrative writing tells a story that has certain elements that are not
found in other types of writing.
• It can be a fictional story you can make up all of the events or
• Personal Narrative: A true story about an event that happened in your
life.
• Narrative writing is a type of writing in which the author places himself
as a character, or not, and narrates the story.
• Novels, short stories, poetry and biographies can all fall into the
narrative writing category.
• Narrative writing often has situations like disputes, conflicts, action,
motivational events, problems and solutions.
Characters
• The people, animals, or inanimate objects who are affected by the
actions of the plot or who are the cause of certain events.
• Characters, real or imaginative, should be brought to life through
the narrative.
Protagonist:
• The character whose actions form the basis of the plot, the main
character of the story.
Antagonist:
• Character who oppose the protagonist and creates obstacles for
him/her
Plot
• Plot is the order of events that make up a story.
• The plot of a story is a series of interconnected events in which every occurrence
has a specific purpose. A plot is all about establishing connections, suggesting
causes, and showing relationships.
Aristotle’s Unified Plot
• Aristotle described the basic triangle-shaped plot structure, which has a
beginning, middle, and end.
Cont.…
Freytag’s Pyramid
• Freytag modified Aristotle’s pyramid by adding rising action and
falling action, making it a five part design.
Elements of Plot
• Exposition sets the scene. The writer introduces the characters
and setting, providing description and background.
• Rising Action builds during the story and gets more exciting. The
rising action is also the part of the work where the problem or
conflict central to the plot is truly introduced.
• Climax is the moment of greatest tension in the story. It is the
turning point of a story, novel or script when conflict reaches its
peak.
Cont.…
• Falling Action happens as a result of the climax and we know that
the story will soon end.
• Resolution is when the character solves the main
problem/conflict or someone solves it for him or her.
• Denouement is the series of events that follow the plot's climax. It
is the opposite of the exposition, in that any remaining questions
or mysteries that remain after the resolution are solved by the
characters or explained by the author. Sometimes the author leaves
us to think about the theme or future possibilities for the
characters.
Setting
When and where the story occurs (time and place)