Narrative & Descriptive

• Narrative writing tells a story, with elements like plot, characters, conflict, and resolution.
• Sensory language is used to appeal to the senses and make descriptions more engaging.
• The five senses are sight (visual), sound (auditory), touch (tactile), taste (gustatory), and smell (olfactory).
• Descriptive writing describes people, places, things, or events using sensory details to create vivid images in the reader's mind.
• The purpose of descriptive writing is to convey details about people, places, things, emotions, ideas, etc.
• The narrative essay tells a story about an event that happened to someone (the author) or something they witnessed.
• Descriptive writing uses vivid language to create images and sensory impressions in the reader's mind.
• Descriptive is the use of words to create vivid images, feelings, and sensations in the reader's mind.
• Narrative writing is meant to entertain, while descriptive writing is meant to inform the reader about a topic.
• Descriptive writing creates word pictures using vivid language to show what something is like.
• Descriptive writing uses vivid details to create images or impressions in the reader's mind.
• The five senses (touch, taste, smell, sight, sound) can be used to describe things in detail.
• what are the five senses

  sight tactual auditory tactile olfuctory gustatory
• Patterns of Paragraph Development:

  • Description
  • Classification
  • Exemplification
  • Comparison and Contrast
  • Persuasive
  • Definition
  • Problem-Solution
  • Cause and Effect
• Narrative Writing focuses on telling fictional or real-life stories with a plot structure
• Narrative Writing is often anecdotal, experiential, and personal, allowing for creative expression
• Structure of a Narrative Essay:

  I. Introduction

  II. Body/Chronology of Events

  • Main Events with Sub-events

  III. Conclusion/Summary of main points
• Introduction of a Narrative Essay:

  • Engages the reader and sets the stage
  • Contains key elements like hook, background, thesis statement, introduction of characters, setting, foreshadowing, and transition to the story
• Body of a Narrative Essay:

  • Provides all necessary information to complete the event
  • Can be arranged in various ways, like chronological order
• Conclusion of a Narrative Essay:

  • Includes a brief statement declaring the resolution of events
  • Ends with a moral, prediction, or revelation
• Descriptive Writing describes or states the qualities or characteristics of something or someone
• Descriptive Writing appeals to the reader's senses: visual, tactile, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, kinesthetic, thermal
• Using vivid descriptions in Descriptive Writing makes the writing livelier and more interesting, indicating the writer's attitude towards the subject
• Example of "Show, Don't Tell" in Descriptive Writing:

  • Sentences that tell vs. sentences that show
• Objective description is unbiased, equivalent to facts, informative, and verifiable
• It appeals to the intellect and is utilized in science books, tourism brochures, police records, official files, and classified advertisements
• Descriptive writing follows a pattern called spatial order, organizing items according to their physical position or relationship
• Structure of a descriptive essay:

  • Introduction
  • Body/Description
  • Qualities
  • Quality 1
  • Quality 2
  • Qualities 2
  • Quality 1
  • Quality 2
  • Qualities 3
  • Quality 1
  • Quality 2
  • Conclusion/Summary of main points
• Elements of descriptive writing:

  • Topic Sentence: concise and clear, focusing on the topic of the text
  • Supporting Sentences: provide meaningful direction and support to the topic sentence
  • Paragraph Unity: the paragraph must discuss a single idea focusing on the main topic
• Examples of vague topics and clearly focused topics:

  • Vague Topic: A tree in our backyard
  • Clearly Focused Topic: The willow tree that I used to play when I was young
• Subjective description may be blended with exposition or narration in creative writing
• It is artistic and literary, stimulating the imagination, appealing to emotions, and providing pleasure
• Spatial order means explaining or describing objects as they are arranged around you in your space, for example, in a bedroom
• As a writer, you create a picture for your reader, and their perspective is the viewpoint from which you describe what is around you
• Introduction of a descriptive essay must be catchy and present the subject of the text to draw the reader's attention
• The conclusion of a descriptive essay sums up the important details from the previous parts, provides closure on the topic, and should be different from the introduction
• The body of a descriptive essay further explains the topic introduced in the introduction, providing descriptive details
• A sample descriptive essay titled "The Weekend Market" describes a bustling market with various goods, plants, animals, and local food