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1. ‘Restorying’
The Creative Act of
retelling
Subject: Stylistics
Teacher: Ch Husnat
Presented By:
Muhammad Shaim Majeed
BS English
RILL, Riphah International University, Lahore

2. What is ‘Restorying/Retelling’?
▪ Reader’s understanding of
▪ Story
▪ Themes
▪ Characters
▪ Problems and Solutions
▪ Reader uses his own
▪ Words
▪ Perspective about the story

3. What can be ‘retold’?
▪ Any text,
▪ Fiction
▪ Non-fiction
▪ Tales
▪ Biographies
▪ Historical texts
▪ Science texts

4. How to retell a text?
▪ Story
▪ Beginning, Middle and End
▪ Who, When, What, Where and Why
▪ Main idea
▪ Supporting actions
▪ Problems and Solutions

5. What is the purpose of ‘retelling’?
▪ Build motivation to read
▪ Increase retelling proficiency
▪ Enhance meta-cognitive awareness
▪ Improve active listening
▪ Promote a wide spectrum of reading activities
▪ Support the use of Comprehension Strategies
▪ Prediction
▪ Questioning
▪ Recalling
▪ Summarizing

6. Conclusion
▪ What questions to be answered in retelling a text?
▪ Whole story
▪ Complete details
▪ Main ideas
▪ Characters
▪ Setting
▪ Time and Places