Ch. 8: Narration from The Confident Writer. Thesis Statements, organizing patterns for narratives, etc.

2. Quiz
1. What is narration?
2. What is dialogue?
3. What are sensory details?
4. What is one pattern you can use to
organize a narrative?

3. Narration
I. Determine the story’s significance (Why
is it important? Does it have meaning
to you and the audience?)
II. Follow a sequence of events
III. Choose a point of view

4. Dialogue
 Add for variety and accuracy
 Be sure to format your dialogue
correctly:
Jane asked, “What the heck is that?!”
Bryan snickered, “That? That’s just a widdle
bitty baby iguana. Scared?”

5. Description
 Find a controlling idea
 The overall impression a person, place or
object conveys
 Choose sensory details
 Appeal to the five senses
 Consider your audience and purpose
 Objective purpose: to report information
without bias
 Subjective purpose: to explain by expressing
your feelings and impressions

6. Description (cont’d)
 What does it look like?
 What does it smell like?
 What does it feel like?
 What does it taste like?
 What does it sound like?
 (What does it feel like emotionally?)

7. Organizing & Planning
 Emphatic Order
 Spatial Order
 Sequential / Chronological Order