Narrative Elements
The place and time that the events of a story take place.
What is the setting.
A true story.
Writing that tells about real people, places, and events
What is nonfiction.
When you start reading a text, this is the first question you need to ask yourself.
What is the genre? Is this FICTION or NON-FICTION?
What type of writing do you need to do?
Read the following prompt and decide if it is asking you to write a a story or an analytical essay. Based on the excerpt from The Lost Years of Merlin, write a narrative that tells what will most likely happen to the boy next. Use what you know about the characters, setting, and events from the excerpt to write your narrative.
What is: you need to write a story.
This is a comparison of two things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
A made up story.
What is fiction.
When reading nonfiction, you annotate for this.
What is topic and key idea
When reading fiction, you annotate for this.
What are the gist, the key idea, the key emotion, CPST (character, problem, solution, theme)?
What type of writing do you need to do?
Read the following prompt and decide if it is asking you to write a story or an analytical essay: Based on “Steerage” and “Voyage of Hope, Voyage of Tears,” write an essay that explains how the lives of immigrants are portrayed. Be sure to use information from both the poem and the article to develop your essay
This is a comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor.
The sequence of events in a story
An author's reason for creating a particular work: teach, entertain, express an opinion, persuade, inform
What is author's purpose
How theme is developed (name 3)
What is through figurative language, dialogue, character actions, character thoughts, or problem/solution
Examples of this include determined, smart, funny, curious.
What are character traits
This is the idea that things represent other things. What we mean by that is that we can look at something — let's say, the color red — and conclude that it represents not the color red itself but something beyond it: for example, passion, or love, or devotion.
What is symbolism.
The central message or lesson about life and human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
This is the structure you should use to write powerful paragraphs.
What is ACE IT?
How you set up your scratch paper.
What is: Preview the text to determine the genre. Make a t-chart on your scratch paper and write what you are annotating for.
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
Personification
A problem or struggle between two things/people in a story.
What is conflict.
Your 1-2 sentence answer to the prompt that outlines the rest of your essay and begins your essay.
What is thesis statement
These are the 4 components you should use when writing a strong narrative.
Plot (clear beginning, middle, and end), sensory details, dialogue, and character thoughts.
If a student's thesis statement is: The traits that made Isaac Newton a good scientist are he was curious, intelligent, and determined.
What would the student write for the assertion of their first body paragraph?
One character trait that made Isaac Newton a good scientist was his curiosity.
The type of text you are reading (fiction, nonfiction, poem, etc)