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Narrative Writing
A Tale to Tell
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What is a narrative?
A narrative tells a story.
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What can narratives be?
• fiction
• nonfiction
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What is a narrative’s purpose?
• to entertain
• to inspire
• to teach a lesson
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What is a personal narrative?
• nonfiction
• tells about something that happened to the
writer
• is usually told from the first person “I”
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What are the parts of a narrative?
• beginning - catches the reader’s interest
• middle - tells events in chronological (time) order
• end - tells how the story ends
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What is dialogue?
• Dialogue is what the characters say.
• It is surrounded by quotation marks: “”.
• Adding dialogue helps make the story come alive.
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Invitation to Read
• Read the following personal narrative.
• See if you can name the narrative’s purpose.
• Can you find the three parts of a narrative?
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One Snowy Day
One day my sister and I shoveled snow. It had snowed a lot that
night. Our driveway was totally white.
“This sure is hard,” I said.
“Let’s make it a game,” my sister said.
We tried to see who could shovel the fastest. It was hard work,
but the game made it fun.
Soon the driveway was clear. Mom brought us hot cocoa for
doing such a great job.
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Invitation to Write
• List some of the favorite places you been to.
• Write a personal narrative describing one of your
experiences there.
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