3. Everyone likes a good story. . . .
• We go to movies.
•We read books.
•We listen as others tell their
stories.
•We tell our children stories.
•We tell our friends “what happened
last weekend.”
4. Sometimes when we hear or tell a story,
we ask: “What is the reason for that
story?”
•When we write, ask—What is the
purpose?
•To entertain
•To inform
•To instruct
To persuade
6. A brief descriptive narrative =
can also be called, an anecdote.
Sometimes we use anecdotes
• To make a point
•To draw a picture
•To produce an emotional
response
•To emphasize a point
7. Example: Spring is
like the promise of
a new opportunity,
a new beginning, or
a new chapter that
gives hope.
Use metaphors or
similes to describe
experience.
8. Example: The
gentle quiet of the
flowing river
winding through
the tiny village,
seems to touch
the depth of the
human spirit.
9. Use personification to give human
characteristics to inanimate objects
Example: With
majestic arms
stretching toward the
evening sky, the
dancing tree patiently
sways waiting for the
special moment to
embrace the setting
sun for its final
10. Vivid words paint vibrant pictures.
Example: Raging,
crashing waves
unrelentingly whip
the humble, century-
old lighthouse
causing it to succumb
to such fierce anger
12. This kind of order arranges events in the
order that they happen in time.
Today is a special
day! First I grab my
cap and gown chasing
my dreams of forever,
then I meet my friends
for lunch; suddenly, I
realize that the future
calls my name.
13. Logical order is like this city’s logical order
of buildings.
•Organizational
order
•Order of a room
•Order of a town
•Order of a city
15. Use psychological order to discuss the
importance of events, objects, or things.
•Most important to
least important
•Least important to
most important
•Over-rated to
under-rated
•Under-rated to
over-rated
17. •Carefully choose which
questions to answer (who,
what, when, where, why,
and how).
•Select narrative details
fitting all of those pieces
together like a puzzle.
•Avoid boring detail .
18. 1. What is the point? Write out a
statement on the point of the
narration.
2. Which ideas will you use? Who, what,
when, where, why, or how questions.
3. Then begin organizing your ideas.
4. Write
5. Revise
6. Proofread
19. This kind of writing
carefully paints
colorful pictures of
experience by
developing creative,
meaningful images
in the reader’s mind.