Narrative Writing
Define narrative writing.
A form of creative writing to write a story.
What is the maximum number of words you can write in a summary?
120 words
Are the word count important?
Nope haha
What is the important element needed when you write descriptively and to entertain?
Sensory details
How do we make our piece convincing?
Emotive language
We don't have time to write a story in an exam! What should we do?
Only write within a time-frame, day-to-day happenings
What should you not do when it comes to writing a summary?
Paraphrasing key terms
What is the purpose of writer's effect?
To analyse the writer's intention of using certain words or phrases, and what kind of effect he/she wants to create
What is the purpose of an extended metaphor?
To break down complicated ideas for the audience to understand in simpler and more impactful terms.
When the intention of the writer can only be referred to through the use of language (implicit bias)
When the writer tends to show or say what they believe in an obvious way (explicit bias)
Provide 3 literary devices that you can include in the essay. Give an example for each.
Repetition, metaphor, exaggeration, contrast, simile, adjectives, personification...
How should you write the first sentence? Why?
The first sentence should be an overview of the summary to help the readers to know what the paragraph is all about.
How do we choose phrases to be included in writer's effect?
Only short phrases that show imagery (may choose phrases that describe the mood, setting, theme, atmosphere/ tone)
What are the 5 senses?
Taste, smell, sight, touch, feel
Give 3 rhetorical techniques.
Overgeneralisation, hyperbole, triad, direct address, repetition, opinions, statistics, anecdote...
What are the ingredients of a narrative piece?
Narrator/ voice, plot, characters, setting, writing for effect
What are the 3 steps that you should follow before writing a summary?
Identify what they are asking, read the extract with highlighters, group similar points together.
Demonstrate our ability of understanding the explicit and implicit ideas.
Provide an example for onomatopoeia, assonance and alliteration.
Onomatopoeia - The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum.
Assonance - The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plains.
Alliteration - Harry hurried home to watch football on TV.
Provide 5 different examples of cohesive devices and state the function.
Adding points (besides), offering examples (for example), giving reasons (because), show sequence (firstly), show results (therefore), show contrast (however)
How do you write a good narrative? (story arc)
Have a story arc (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion)
What should you do when you are writing the summary?
1. Overview sentence
2. Include all 10 points as much as we can
3. Use compound and complex sentences, paraphrase as deem fit, make sure it's not over 120 words.
How do we write writer's effect?
PEE(L)
Make a short story (one paragraph) that contain all 5 sensory details.
It has to have the elements of 'touch', 'smell', 'taste', 'sight' and 'feel'.
What should we consider when it comes to writing an argumentative piece?
Context, Register, Audience, Purpose, Form