| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Personal Narrative | story that illustrates a specific time or incident in a life |
| Extended Narrative | a long episode that by itself illustrates or supports an essay's thesis |
| Brief Narrative | a shorter incident that is often used in a body paragraph to support a particular point in an essay |
| purpose, audience | Know your __________ and your _________ |
| unfolding action | Imply main point through the ______________ and descriptive details. |
| thesis | Present a ________ statement at beginning of story. |
| First | _______ person narrative (a character involved in the action.) |
| Third | _______ person limited narrator or omniscient. |
| True | True or False: Short stories are not written in second person point of view. |
| Chronological order | presenting events as they naturally occur in the story |
| Flashback | takes the readers back in time to reveal an incident that occurred before the present scene of the story |
| Frame story | story within a story following a logical order |
| setting | Use details to present the _______. |
| characters | Make your __________ believable. |
| Purpose of your Writing | 1. to entertain 2. to teach a lesson 3. to share an important expierence 4. to explain or emphasize a point 5. to persuade readers to accept an idea |
| Believable Characters | 1. use of detail is crucial 2. appearance, speech, actions 3. character's motives: why they act the way they do in certain situations |
| setting | times and places; if it plays an important role, you must describe in vivid detail |
| Fiction | made-up story such as the literary short story |
Combine with other sets
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