NARRATION

Prepared by : Group 1
 NARRATIVE WRITING
Any kind of writing that tells a story Categories
1. Fiction - based on imaginative events or stories
that did not actually happened
2. Non-Fiction - based on facts
 CHARACTERISTICS
1. Characters - the people or subjects of the story
Protagonist - central character of the story ; hero or
heroine
Antagonist - a character who opposes the protagonist
 CHARACTERISTICS
3. Climax
The turning point; the
point of greatest
suspense or action. 4. Falling action
2. Rising action
Action and events that
Events before the climax;
occur after the climax.
Character’s attempt to solve the
problem, but fails.

1. Exposition 2. Plot
Beginning of the
story that introduces: Events that 5. Resolution
End of the story where the
1. Conflict occur conflicts or problems are
2. Character solved.
3. Setting
 CHARACTERISTICS
3. Conflict - any struggle between opposing forces
Internal conflict - struggles that occur within a
character
 External conflict - struggles outside of a character
 CHARACTERISTICS
4. Setting - the time and the location in which the story takes
place
5. Point of View -the perspective in which the story is told.
First Person -the narrator(person who is telling the story)is
a character in the story ; using the pronouns Me, My, and I
 Third Person - the narrator is outside of the story.
 TYPES AND EXAMPLES OF
NARRATIVE WRITING
1. Novels - more lengthy and can be divided into chapters or
sections. Ex. Harry Potter and the Pride and Prejudice
2. Short Stories - similar to novels but much shorter in
length.
Ex. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Tell-Tale Heart
3. Comics - short stories broken up into episodes with
graphics or pictures
 TYPES AND EXAMPLES OF
NARRATIVE WRITING
4. Plays and Musicals - written as dialogues and usually
broken up into acts and designed to be performed in an
audience.
Ex. Romeo and Juliet or any other Shakespeare plays
5. Narrative Poetry - any poem that tells a story. * Epic Poems
- long narrative poems detailing adventure and heroic quests.
Ex. Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy and The Odyssey
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