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    Academic Reading & 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)

    Place: geographical location; where is the action of the story taking


    place?
    Time : when is the story taking place? (historical period, time of
    day, year, etc.)
    Cont.…
    • Weather Conditions : is it rainy, sunny, stormy, etc?
    • Social Conditions : what is the daily life of the characters like?
    Does the story mention the speech, dress, mannerisms, customs,
    etc. of a particular place)?
    • Mood or Atmosphere : what feeling is created during the story?
    Is it bright and cheerful or dark and frightening? This element of
    the setting can evolve throughout the story.
    Theme
    • The main point or central concept around which the story is
    focused.
    • Statement about life or human nature conveyed or implied through
    the story.
    • Author’s message or central insight that is communicated through
    the story.
    • Examples: betrayal, war, friendship, sacrifice etc.
    Point of View
    • First Person narrator ‘I’ is when the narrator is inside the story,
    telling the story as a major or minor character. Most first person
    stories are direct characterization because the author tells what he
    or she is thinking.
    • Third Person ‘He/She/They/it’
    • Omniscient means ‘all-knowing’ and the narrator, in such a
    circumstance, can direct the reader’s attention to the inner
    thoughts of any of the characters and controls the sources of
    information.
    Cont.…
    • Limited
    • What the narrator knows and is restricted to what one central
    character can know and see.
    • Objective
    • It is the most ‘drastic’ third point of view; the narrator disappears
    and there is no way of entering the minds of the characters. The
    reader is permitted to view the plot only externally, from the
    outside. Because its technique resembles drama, this point of
    view is often referred to as ‘dramatic’.
    Literary Devices
    SIMILES
    • A simile is a comparison between two things, using like or as.
    • Examples: Her smile was so wide it looked like a piano keyboard.
    METAPHOR
    • A metaphor directly compares two unlike things without using like
    or as.
    • Example: The boy was a golden knight, protecting his little sister
    from the fire-breathing dragon that
    Cont.…
    PERSONIFICATION
    • Personification assigns human characteristics and traits to non-
    human objects.
    • Example: The pencil fought furiously with the eraser, battling over
    question number three.
    HYPERBOLE
    • Hyperbole is the use of gross exaggeration to describe something
    that could never happen in real life.
    • Example: The teacher’s voice was so loud the astronauts orbiting
    Earth could hear her lecture.
    Cont.…
    • ALLITERATION
    • Alliteration is the repetition of two or more sounds.
    • Example: The witch’s washed-out, withered lips whispered,
    “Watch what awaits you at the bewitching hour!” (Alliteration of
    the “W” sound)

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