NARRATIVE TEXT What is Narrative Writing? Writing that tells a story is known as narrative writing. A narrative that tells a story based on imagined events is known as a fictional narrative. Elements The characters, setting, and plot make up the elements of a story. Characters-the people involved in the plot of a narrative Setting-the time and place of a narrative Plot-the series of events in a narrrative Techniques • Foreshadowing is a writing technique that gives the reader hints suggesting events that will happen in the future. • • Flashback is a writing technique that interrupts the events of the story to tell the reader about events that happened in the past. • • When characters speak in fictional narratives, it is called dialogue. • • When a story's ending is unexpected, it is known as a surprise ending. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
Try This! 1] Could anyone even guess that 13-year old Robert would record his own CD at age 18? This sentence is an example of foreshadowing. a] true b] false 2] This sentence is an example of flashback. It had all begun when Nadia, now a teenager, had started her first day of Kindergarten. a] true b] false 3] Choose the character in this scenario: An Iroquois girl saves a wolf cub from drowning. The cub had fallen through the ice on the shore of Lake Ontario in the year 1483. a] An Iroquois girl b] the ice c] the shore d] Lake Ontario © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.