Friday, October 17, 2014

Chapter 5 Summary!

Non-Fiction Narration


Narrative Nonfiction

Narrative nonfiction is writing that tells a true-life story. There are different types of narratives:

  • Autobiographical Narrative: is a piece written about an experience in YOUR life, from your point of view. Characteristics: 

  1. An engaging story that hold the readers' attention.
  2. A well-developed conflict that shows why a situation created a problem.
  3. A resolution, the outcome of the conflict.
  4. A range of literary strategies and devices, such as dialogue and suspense.
  5. A specific mood, or emotion.
  6. A unique attitude towards the subject.
  7. Sensory details, appeal to the five senses of taste, touch, sight, sound, and smell.
  8. Correct spelling, grammar, and usage.
  9. Specific details about personal experiences.
  10. Strong characterization of real people.
  11. A main idea about a life lesson you learned through this experience.
  • Biographical Narratives: are stories that share facts about someone else's life.
  • Blogs: are comments that writers share online, it may include opinions, reflection, etc. Blogs aren't considered a "permanent" form of writing because it may be able to disappear or be a copyright.
  • Diary entries: are personal, talks about thoughts and feelings. The audience, most of the time, is private unless the writer says contrary.
  • Narative essays: uses autobiographical narative to support the writers wishes or to illustrate.
  • Memoirs: contains a writer's reflections on an event from his/her own life.
  • Reflective essays: are personal experiences that expresses the writer's feelings or point of view from something. 

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