Guidelines in Narrating an events

2. Do you have an experience
worth sharing with others
although it happened in an
ordinary place or time?
In this lesson, you will learn
more storytelling techniques and
enjoy telling your story in
speaking.

3.  QUESTION
1. What familiar event is
mentioned in the narrative?
2. What familiar places are
named?
3. What familiar objects are
mentioned?
4. Which sentences tell how the
writer feels during the
experience?
5. Does the concluding sentence
bring the story to a definite
end?
6. How would you classify the
narrative?
 ANSWERS

5.  QUESTION
1. What familiar event is mentioned
in the narrative?
2. What familiar places are named?
3. What familiar objects are
mentioned?
4. Which sentences tell how the
writer feels during the
experience?
5. Does the concluding sentence
bring the story to a definite end?
6. How would you classify the
narrative?
 ANSWERS
1. A scene in an airport’s departure
area.
2. Ninoy Aquino International
Airport, Manila, Quezon City,
Los Angeles.
3. bags, boarding passes, luggage
4. Terror swept through me. I felt
nauseous. “I, I can’t do it!“
5. It implies that the couple was
not able to get back the luggage
before the plane took off.
6. Funny, humorous

6. 1. What did the writer feel when he was about to
board the plane?
2. What is the focus of the narrative? Does the writer
concentrate on one event?
3. What vivid words and statements relating to her
feelings are used by the writer?

7. 1. Write about an event that is familiar to your reader. A
familiar event enables your reader to relate himself with
you, the writer. Use names of people and places.
2. Talk about your feelings during the experiences. This
makes your story real.
3. Narrate the events in order and include only events that
are relevant to the story.
4. Avoid giving away the substance of your narrative at
the start.
5. Include the dialog of the characters. Direct quotes make
your story real.
6. Let your story flow swiftly by using only visual and
specific language .
7. End your story.