L9

• Pattern of development


  The logical arrangement of ideas
• Pattern of development


  • Helps you follow ideas easily
  • Helps you understand a text better
  • Helps you distinguish major ideas from minor ones
  • Helps you predict ideas
• Narration


  A sequence of events, not necessarily arranged in chronological order, told by a narrator, happening in a particular place at a particular time
• Setting


  • The time and location in which a story takes place
  • The details of the setting are identified at the beginning of the story
  • The setting, along with the characters, allows the writer to use colorful words
• Characters


  • Significant parts of the story
• Plot


  A planned sequence of events having a beginning, middle and an end
• Essential parts of a plot

  • Exposition
  • Rising Action
  • Climax
  • Falling Action
  • Denouement
• Exposition


  The part where the characters and the setting are revealed
• Rising Action


  Where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is exposed
• Climax


  The highest point of interest and the turning point of the story
• Falling Action


  The events and complications begin to resolve
• Denouement


  The final resolution of the plot in the story
• Point of View


  • First Person
  • Second Person
  • Third Person
• First Person Point of View


  The story is told by the protagonist or one of the characters who interact closely with the protagonist or other characters using pronouns I, me and we
• Second Person Point of View


  The author tells the story using the pronouns your, yours and you
• Third Person Point of View


  The narrator is not part of the story but describes the events that happen. The writer uses pronouns he, she, him, and her
• Theme


  A generalization about life or human character that a story explicitly or implicitly embodies
• Themes


  • Honesty is the best policy
  • Believe in yourself
• Examples of Narrative Text


  • historical articles
  • biographics
  • auto biographer
  • adenture stories
  • short stories
  • travelogues
• Narrative paragraphs


  • Contain action verbs that move the story along
  • Use transitional words or phrases to indicate time or sequence
• Transition words used to signal time or sequence


  • first, second, etc.
  • after, next, then
  • eventually, soon
  • meanwhile, a short time later
  • during, at the same time, simultaneously
  • suddenly, instantly, momentarily
  • the next day, following, thereafter
  • In the end, ultimately