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This document provides guidance on writing narratives. It discusses including paragraphs that focus on specific topics. Stories should be written in a specific person and use descriptive techniques like time words, adjectives, adverbs, and direct speech. Introductions should catch the reader's attention and make them want to keep reading. Conclusions should leave an impression with an unpredictable end. The document analyzes examples and encourages the reader to be ready to write an engaging narrative.
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2) Suggestions to imagine being the character to help get into their mindset.
3) Notes that literary devices should arise naturally in context, like metaphors and similes.
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- 7. Which techniques (a-f from the previous slide) have been used in these beginnings? B
- 8. Techniques to begin and end a narrative
- 9. Which techniques (a-e from the previous slide) have been used in these endings? B
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