Lesson 3 Narration

Question 1

: A narrative paragraph/essay tells a story of an event or an experience. The story told, however, must have some point that is meaningful to the reader or target audience. That is, it must have purpose.

A childhood memory

A day you’ll never forget

An event that helped you learn a lesson

Answer 1

NARRATION

Question 2

THINGS TO CONSIDER

Answer 2

Vivid description of detail
Consistent Point of View (POV)
Consistent Verb Tense
Well-defined Point or Significance
Narrative Devices

Question 3

• the first, second, and third person POV
• had already happened, has been happening, is currently happening, or will happen.

Answer 3

Consistent Point of View (POV)

Question 4

• had already happened, has been happening, is currently happening, or will happen.

Answer 4

Consistent Verb Tense

Question 5

NARRATIVE DEVICES

Answer 5

ANECDOTE
FLASHBACK
TIME STRETCH
TIME SUMMARY
FLASH FORWARD
DIALOGUE

Question 6

• brief narratives that are written from the writer’s memory

Answer 6

ANECDOTE

Question 7

• event that happened in the past.

Answer 7

FLASHBACK

Question 8

• a single event is focused and prolonged

Answer 8

TIME STRETCH

Question 9

• jamming together multiple events.

Answer 9

TIME SUMMARY

Question 10

• something that will happen in the future

Answer 10

FLASH FORWARD

Question 11

a word or a series of words enclosed in a pair of quotation marks

Answer 11

DIALOGUE

Question 12

A form of writing in which you tell a story about yourself or someone else.

Answer 12

NARRATIVE WRITING

Question 13

Writing about yourself. This might include anecdote, brief story about something that happened to you. Or it could be an autobiography, the story of your life.

Answer 13

PERSONAL NARRATIVE