narrative writing

GROUP 5
 STORIES

Writing stories is not just an avenue

to express ourselves apart from
speaking. It is also a chance to
entertain, motivate, and educate
others.
 narrative writing

Narratives tell stories and describe events. These stories are

recalled from a personal memory or a past experience. It is
mostly about a time so important that it can never be forgotten.
Relates a series of events (can be fiction or nonfiction) that
entertains a reader.
A fully developed story involves conflict introduced in the
beginning, developed in the middle, and resolved at the end.
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STORY BEGINNING

The story needs a strong beginning. We can achieve this using one
of the following methods:

DIALOGUE (CONVERSATION)
“ Hurry or you’ll be late!” called my

mother from the bottom of the stairs. “Today

To drive a story's plot forward, to
of all days you want to be on time.” If I had
only known what that day would bring, I
bring the reader closer to its climax
would have stayed in bed. and, ultimately its conclusion

 A QUESTION Have you ever had a day when you wished

you had stayed in bed? As I rushed to catch the
It builds some suspense in your bus on what seemed to be a perfectly normal
writing. day, I had no idea what was ahead of me.

A Vivid Description The sun was warm on my back as I raced toward the
waiting yellow school bus. As I nestled into the

worn leather seat, I was greeted by the friendly

It help create a concrete visual voices of other excited children. The look on my
for the readers. face was one of confidence and contentment. With

a jerk, the bus rumbled down the road, and I was on

my way into one of theworst days of my life.

AN INTERESTING FACT Shock has been known to kill ten year olds.
It can cause their brains to explode and their

heart to stop dead still. These facts raced

To hook the reader into wanting
through my mind as I stood dumbfounded in
to read more about our story. front of my fifth grade classmates. I wish I had
stayed in bed!

Sound Effects

“Buzzzzzz!” The sound of my alarm clock
Sound adds emotion and droned in my ears as I struggled to come
connects people to what they're awake. With a start, I sat straight up in my bed.
seeing. This was my big day, and I had to be on time.

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How Do I Know When To Start

Paragraphs a New Paragraph?
Be sure your story has
paragraphs. They tell when
When you start in on a new topic
you're switching time, place,
When you skip to a new time
topic or speaker, and they help
When you skip to a new place
break the page up so it is not
When a new person begins to speak
just a solid block of writing.
When you want to produce a
dramatic effect
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Capitalization
Capitals signal the start of a new sentence. This is a stable rule in our written
language: Whenever you begin a sentence capitalize the first letter of the first
word. This includes capitalizing the first word or a direct quotation when it's a
full sentence, even if it appears within another sentence. When writing in English,
there are certain words that we capitalize and others that we don't. To
capitalize means that we use the uppercase form of a letter rather than the
lower case. For example, the letter "P" is capitalized in the word "Provo";
however, it is lowercase in the word "popcorn".
 Basic Rules

1. First word of a sentence He sometimes forgets his homework

2. The pronoun "I" The last time I saw you was a year ago!

3. Proper nouns (people, Let's go to San Francisco to see the Golden

places, organizations) Gate Bridge.

4. Names of specific deities, Kenny is a Christian, so he reads the Bible

religious figures, holy every day.
books, religions
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5. Title before a name Mayor Goodway does her best to

protect the town.

6. Sections of the country I grew up in the South.

7. Days of the week, months This Monday is the first holiday in

of the years, holidays September: Labor Day.

8. Countries, nationalities,
Those students are from France and
specific languages
Switzerland; they speak French.

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RICH WORDS
Impressive creative writing relies on choosing the perfect word. It’s easy to use
the same word repetitively, but there are bigger and better alternatives to try.

EXQUISITE Example
Instead of calling something
The tiara she wore that night was
“pretty,” describe it as “exquisite.”
exquisite, sparkling with gems and
It’s a less common and much
polished metal
more powerful choice.
ENORMOUS example

The word “big” is practically a John helped himself to an enormous

cliche with how often it is serving of scalloped potatoes.
overused. Try “enormous” instead.

glimpsed example
“Saw” is another word that carries
almost no meaning because of She glimpsed the house through the trees.
overuse in creative writing.
Instead, use “glimpsed.”

BENEVOLENT example
A lot of things can be described
as “nice” or “good,” but those The king was a benevolent leader.
words are boring. Try

“benevolent” instead.

despicable example
If you’re describing a villain or He did many despicable things in the
something else that is bad or evil, name of science.
use “despicable.” This big word is
.
more creative.
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WOW WORDS
Show your reader that you
have a high-quality, first-class,
superior, excellent, exceptional,
outstanding, brilliant,
extraordinary, incomparable
vocabulary by using 5th grade
vocabulary words.
 WOW WORDS
The field trip was fun. We saw scary lions. My SENTENCE
favorite part was the fun seal.

 WOW WORDS
The field trip was fun. We saw scary lions. My SENTENCE
favorite part was the fun seal.

The field trip was exciting. We saw terrifying WOW WORDS

lions. My favorite part was the playful seal.
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Examples of Show, Don’t Tell

SHOW, DON’T TELL TELL Jason was scared when he saw the
monster.
The Show, Don’t Tell method SHOW Jason’s heart raced as a shadowy figure
of writing is when the writer caught the corner of his eye.
is able to create a picture in
the reader's mind, to get away TELL Kati loved Daniel and wanted to spend the
from the repetition of such rest of her life with him.
empty words like went, big, or SHOW Kati held Daniel in her arms, daydreaming
about the first time he touched her and
said.
what song they might dance to at their
wedding.
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CONVERSATION
The Five Rules for Writing Direct Quotations

RULE 1- ADD QUOTATION MARKS. example

A pair of quotation marks encloses a direct Madonna is fond of declaring

quotation — that is, a repetition of "I'm not ashamed of anything."
someone's exact words

RULE 2- SEPARATE SOURCE

PHRASE FROM THE QUOTE. example

“What a lovely dress!” exclaimed Anne.
Separate a direct quotation from
the rest of the sentence using a
comma, an exclamation point, or a
question mark.

NOTE: Before you enclose them in

quotation marks, make sure the example
question marks and exclamation points
“Why are we here?” he wondered.
are a part of the quotation.

 RULE 3- CAPITALIZE THE example

FIRST WORD OF THE DIRECT
Mr. Johnson, who was working in his field
QUOTATION.

that morning, said, "The alien spaceship
Capitalize the first letter of a direct appeared right before my own two eyes."
quote when the quoted material is
a complete sentence.

Rule 4- Add end marks.

three end marks

An end mark is a punctuation mark The Period

used at the end of a sentence to The Question Mark
show that the sentence is finished. The Exclamation Mark
RULE 5- ADD NEEDED CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION.

 RULE 5- ADD NEEDED CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION.

You must make a new paragraph every time a different person speaks!
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SENTENCES

SENTENCE PROBLEMS

Choppy sentences are sentences that are too short.

A run-on sentence is when two or more sentences are combined without connecting
words or punctuation
A stringy sentence is when too many clauses are connected with conjunctions – and,
but, so, and because – forming one very long sentence. Stringy sentences are so long
the reader forgets the beginning of the sentence

VARY YOUR SENTENCES.

·Are some of your sentences long and others short?

Example

The Winslow family visited Canada and Alaska

last summer to find some Native American art.
In Anchorage stores they found some excellent
examples of soapstone carvings. But they
couldn't find a dealer selling any of the woven wall hangings they wanted. They were very
disappointed when they left Anchorage empty-handed.

Revision

The Winslow family visited Canada and Alaska last summer to find some Native American art,
such as soapstone carvings and wall hangings. Anchorage stores had many soapstone items
available. Still, they were disappointed to learn that wall hangings, which they had especially
wanted, were difficult to find. Sadly, they left empty-handed.
VARY YOUR SENTENCES.
Do you start the beginnings differently?

Example

The biggest coincidence that day happened when David and I ended up sitting next to
each other at the Super Bowl.

Revision

Coincidentally, David and I ended up sitting right next to each other at the Super Bowl.

VARY YOUR SENTENCES.

·Do some sentences start with a part of speech other than a noun or
pronoun?

Varying sentences by changing sentence types is easy for students to

understand since practice with this skill begins in early primary grades.
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Figurative language is a language

Simile
that’s intended to create an image,
Metaphor
association, or other effect in the
Alliteration
mind of the listener or reader that
Onomatopoeia
goes beyond the literal meaning or
expected use of the words involved.
.

 example
SIMILE
You change your mind like a girl changes
A simile compares two different clothes
things, using the words “like” or “as” I love you like a love song baby
to draw attention to the Memorizing him was as easy as knowing
comparison. all the words to your old favorite song.

METAPHOR

example
Similar to a simile, a metaphor
compares two different things. The Handsome, you’re a mansion with a view
absence of the words "like" and "as" Them good girls, straight masterpieces
from metaphors is the primary
distinction between a simile and a
metaphor.
ALLITERATION example
Alliteration is a literary technique Fine, fresh, fierce we got it on lock.
derived from Latin, meaning “letters
of the alphabet.” It occurs when two Louder, louder than a lion
or more words are linked that share And baby now we’ve got bad blood
the same first consonant sound. Said I’m so sick of love songs, so sad and
slow

ONOMATOPOEIA

example

An onomatopoeia is a word that

sounds like the noise it describes. The phone rings.
The spelling and pronunciation of The lion roared loudly.
that word is directly influenced by
the sound it defines in real life. All The bubble popped.
onomatopoeia words describe The water splashed when the child jumps
specific sounds. into it.
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PLOT STRUCTURE

Plot is the series of events that make

up your story, including the order in 3 Chronological Segments
which they occur and how they
The Beginning
relate to each other. The Middle
Structure (also known as narrative The Ending/Conclusion
structure), is the overall design or
layout of your story.

.
 Elements Of Plot

·Exposition
·Conflict
·Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution

Beginning – contains the exposition and establishes the story’s conflict.

Middle – contains the rising action and the story’s climax.
Conclusion – contains the falling action and resolution.
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GROUP 5
PARALLEL STRUCTURE

Parallel structure (also called parallelism) is

the same pattern of words to show that
two or more ideas have the same level of
importance.
This can happen at word, phrase, or clause
level.
The usual way to join parallel structures is
with the use of coordinating conjunctions
such as “and” or “or”.
 EXAMPLES OF PARALLEL STRUCTURES

Dhan likes swimming (noun), hiking (noun),

NOT PARALLEL and riding a motorcycle (noun).

Dhan likes swimming (noun), hiking (noun),

PARALLEL and to a ride a motorcycle (phrase).

His students were asked to do their

NOT PARALLEL assignments quickly (adverb), accurately
(adverb), and in a detailed manner (phrase).

His students were asked to do their

PARALLEL assignments quickly (adverb), accurately
(adverb), and thoroughly (adverb).
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But if it’s indicated in the sentence that different clauses happened at

different times or will happen in the future then, this rule of parallel structure
is not needed to be followed.
example

He is a player with great technical abilities, practices a lot, and will

definitely play for a big club one day.

By using parallel structure, the rhythm of a sentence is ensured along with the
grammatical balance. But if this structure is not followed while constructing a
sentence containing two or more information, then there will be disruption of
rhythm or grammatical unbalance in the sentence.
 five parallelism rules.

1. Use parallel structure with elements joined by

coordinating conjunctions.

2. Use parallel structure with elements in lists or in a series.

3. Use parallel structure with elements being compared. (X is

more than / better than Y).
4. Use parallel structure with elements joined by a linking
verb or a verb of being.

5. Use parallel structure with elements joined by a

correlative conjunction.
Remember: Parallelism in sentence construction helps to create economy,
rhythm, emphasis, and clarity in your writing. Use this writing technique
to your advantage!

With neither / nor

 With both / and

With not only / but also

PRESENTED BY: GRANADA, GELLA, GUERERO, ERFE, GAYTANA, GUTIERREZ, ENOPENA