Narrative Writing-Pre Instruction

​Narrative Writing

• Tells a story!​

• Five components: the characters, the setting, the plot, the conflict, and the resolution.

  • These elements keep the story running smoothly and allow the action to develop in a logical way that the reader can follow.​

The actual story​

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Begining, middle, and end

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Clear start and finish to story​

​Plot

Location of the story

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Where and when the story takes place​

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Describe the environment and/or ​surroundings​

Setting

Soultion

Problem/Conflict

​The struggle or issue

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The plot is centered on this conflict and the ways in which the characters attempt to resolve the problem.

​The solution to the problem is the way the action is resolved. (The end)

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The resolution must fit the rest of the story in tone, and creativity and solve all parts of the conflict.

Sensory details

​Sensory details are words that stir any of the five senses: touch, taste, sound, smell, and sight.

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“She drank the lemonade,” -----> “She felt her tongue tingle as she sipped the frosty glass of tart, sugary lemonade.”