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Narrative Writing. EQ-. How do dialogue, narration, and description work together in narrative writing?. Narrative Writing is writing that tells a story!. - Is usually __________ (fake), but can be non-fiction (a story describing someone’s life)
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EQ- How do dialogue, narration, and description work together in narrative writing?
Narrative Writing is writing that tells a story! -Is usually __________ (fake), but can be non-fiction (a story describing someone’s life) -Is organized ______________ (In the order it happens in time, first, next, finally…) -Has a plot that follows Freytag’s pyramid (_______________________________________________________) -Has three main types of writing: ____________, _____________, and ________________.
The three parts of narrative writing • Narration- Telling the reader what characters do or think in the story. -Most of the story is narration. -Usually First person (I, me, we) or Third person (He,she,they) -Includes lots of action verbs Ex. Mario walked into the ice cream parlor.
The three parts of narrative writing 2. Description- Describing vivid details to the reader to help them picture the action happening. -Can describe setting details, sensory details (sights, sounds, smells), or a character’s feelings. -Includes lots of adjectives (describing nouns) Ex. The ice cream parlor felt cold, the unmistakable aroma of waffle cones hit his nose like a wave and made his stomach rumble.
The three parts of narrative writing 3. Dialogue- Characters speaking in the narrative. -Include quotation marks around each character’s spoken words. -Include the name of the speaker after they speak (with a comma to set off the quotation) -Start a new paragraph/line each time you change speakers. Ex. “I would like a double scoop of cookie dough on a waffle cone,” Mario said. “That will be $3.75,” the sales clerk said as she opened the freezer door and lifted a cone from the stack.
Put them together… Mario walked into the ice cream parlor. The ice cream parlor felt cold, the unmistakable aroma of waffle cones hit his nose like a wave and made his stomach rumble. “I would like a double scoop of cookie dough on a waffle cone,” Mario said. “That will be $3.75,” the sales clerk said as she opened the freezer door and lifted a cone from the stack.
Additional Notes on narrative writing • All narrative writing should have a balance of narration, dialogue, and description. 2. Narration, dialogue, and description may be in separate sections, or they may be in the same sentence together. 3. Paragraphs will not be as dense as essay writing, more white space in a narrative writing. 4. Take your time with telling a story, many new writers try to have lots of narration, but little/no dialogue or description.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll ‘I wish I had our Dinah here, I know I do!’ said Alice aloud, addressing nobody in particular. ‘She’d soon fetch it back!’ ‘And who is Dinah, if I might venture to ask the question?’ said the Lory. Alice replied eagerly, for she was always ready to talk about her pet: ‘Dinah’s our cat. And she’s such a capital one for catching mice you can’t think! And oh, I wish you could see her after the birds! Why, she’ll eat a little bird as soon as look at it!’ This speech caused a remarkable sensation among the party. Some of the birds hurried off at once: one old Magpie began wrapping itself up very carefully, remarking, ‘I really must be getting home; the night-air doesn’t suit my throat!’ and a Canary called out in a trembling voice to its children, ‘Come away, my dears! It’s high time you were all in bed!’ On various pretexts they all moved off, and Alice was soon left alone.
Practice- Which is dialogue, narration, and description? ‘I wish I hadn’t mentioned Dinah!’ she said to herself in a melancholy tone. ‘Nobody seems to like her, down here, and I’m sure she’s the best cat in the world! Oh, my dear Dinah! I wonder if I shall ever see you any more!’ And here poor Alice began to cry again, for she felt very lonely and low-spirited. In a little while, however, she again heard a little pattering of footsteps in the distance, and she looked up eagerly, half hoping that the Mouse had changed his mind, and was coming back to finish his story. Yellow- Blue- Red-
Practice- Determine the missing part of the narrative (Dialogue,Narration,Description) It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly back again, and looking anxiously about as it went, as if it had lost something; and she heard it muttering to itself._______________________________________ Alice guessed in a moment that it was looking for the fan and the pair of white kid gloves, and she very good-naturedly began hunting about for them, but they were nowhere to be seen—everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool, and the great hall, with the glass table and the little door, had vanished completely.
Dialogue! It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly back again, and looking anxiously about as it went, as if it had lost something; and she heard it muttering to itself ‘The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers! She’ll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Where can I have dropped them, I wonder?’ Alice guessed in a moment that it was looking for the fan and the pair of white kid gloves, and she very good-naturedly began hunting about for them, but they were nowhere to be seen—everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool, and the great hall, with the glass table and the little door, had vanished completely.
Practice- Determine the missing part of the narrative (Dialogue,Narration,Description) Very soon the Rabbit _________________________in an angry tone, ‘Why, Mary Ann, what are you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!’ And Alice was so much frightened that she ________________________________________________________________.
Narration! Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, as she went hunting about, and called out to her in an angry tone, ‘Why, Mary Ann, what are you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!’ And Alice was so much frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to, without trying to explain the mistake it had made.
Practice- Determine the missing part of the narrative (Dialogue,Narration,Description) ‘He took me for his housemaid,’ she said to herself as she ran. ‘How surprised he’ll be when he finds out who I am! But I’d better take him his fan and gloves—that is, if I can find them.’ As she said this, she came upon a _______ house with ___________________. She went in without knocking, and hurried upstairs, in _____________ lest she should meet the real Mary Ann, and be turned out of the house before she had found the fan and gloves.
Description!! ‘He took me for his housemaid,’ she said to herself as she ran. ‘How surprised he’ll be when he finds out who I am! But I’d better take him his fan and gloves—that is, if I can find them.’ As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name ‘W. RABBIT’ engraved upon it. She went in without knocking, and hurried upstairs, in great fear lest she should meet the real Mary Ann, and be turned out of the house before she had found the fan and gloves.
“The Drive-In Movies” by Gary SotoLabel each part Narration, Dialogue, or Description. I then mowed the lawn, which was still beaded with dew and noisy with bees hovering over clover. This job was less dull because as I pushed the mower over the shaggy lawn, I could see it looked tidier. My brother and sister watched from the window. Their faces were fat with cereal, a third helping. I made a face at them when they asked how come I was working. Rick pointed to part of the lawn. “You missed some over there.” I ignored him and kept my attention on the windmill of grassy blades. Label: Write an Narr, Dial, or Desc above each line Hint: Some sentences may have more that 1 in them…
“The Drive-In Movies” by Gary SotoLabel each part Narration, Dialogue, or Description. I then mowed the lawn, which was still beaded with dew and noisy with bees hovering over clover. This job was less dull because as I pushed the mower over the shaggy lawn, I could see it looked tidier. My brother and sister watched from the window. Their faces were fat with cereal, a third helping. I made a face at them when they asked how come I was working. Rick pointed to part of the lawn. “You missed some over there.” I ignored him and kept my attention onthe windmill of grassy blades. Red- Yellow- Blue-
Writing Prompt (1-2 pages)Max value:10 points Continue the narrative “The Drive-In Movies” by Gary Soto where the story left off. Your first sentence should be: Twenty minutes into the movie, I fell asleep with one hand in the popcorn. When I woke up… Rubric- Does your resolution fit with the plot of the story? 2 pts. Do you use dialogue and correct format? 2pts. Do you use narration with the same characters? 2 pts. Do you use vivid description of setting and feelings? 2 pts. Conventions (Spelling, Grammar, Quotation marks with dialogue) 2 pts.
