reading and writing

• Narrative is the telling or recounting of events.
• Narrative makes a point or has a purpose.
• Elements of a Narrative Paragraph

  • Setting
  • Characters
  • Plot
  • Point of View
• Setting is the time and location in which a story takes place.
• The details of the setting are identified at the beginning of the story.
• Characters are a significant part of the story.
• Plot is a planned, logical series of events having a beginning, middle and end.
• Five essential parts of a plot:

  • Exposition
  • Rising Action
  • Climax
  • Falling Action
  • Denouement
• Exposition is the part of the story where the characters and the settings are revealed.
• Rising action is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is exposed.
• Climax is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story.
• Falling action is where the event and complications begin to resolve themselves.
• Denouement is the final resolution of the plot in the story
• Point of view is the perspective of the writer in the story
• First pov is the story told by the protagonist or one of the characters who interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters using pronouns I, me, and we.
• Second pov uses pronouns you, yours, and your
• Third pov is where the narrator is not part of the story but describes the events that happen. The writer uses the pronouns he, she, him, and her
• In a descriptive paragraph, the writer uses sensory details
• 5 senses:

  1. eye/sight
  2. ear/sounds
  3. nose/smells
  4. tongue/taste
  5. feelings and textures
• 2 Kinds of Descriptive Paragraph

  1. Objective Description
  2. Subjective Description
• Objective description describes something without conveying the writer's own emotions.
• Objective description is used in technical or scientific writing but can also be used in other kinds of writing
• Subjective description conveys feelings and emotions about a person, place, or thing.
• Subjective description also conveys impressions, subjective descriptions that contains specific details, just as objective descriptions do.
• Comparison tells how two things are similar
• Contrast tells how they are different
• Comparison and contrast paragraph can do either or both
• 2 Ways in writing C&C Paragraphs

  1. Subject-by-subject method
  2. Point-by-point arrangement
• Subject-by-subject method presents all facts and supporting details about one topic, and then you give all the facts and supporting details about the other topic
• Point-by-point arrangement is when you discuss each point for both subjects before going on to the next point