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Introduction to Narrative
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Narrative
Just a fancy word for "story"
NARRATIVE VOICE
For your LMU assessment, you need to write in the FIRST PERSON.
Example: "I am Mary Ellen MacKillop, and I was born in 1842".
You know how boring it is when your Great Uncle starts telling some really dry, long-winded and irrelevant story with no point to it? That's not storytelling - it's torture.
Your story should be INTERESTING and EXCITING! The House Patrons were people of spirit and action, so make sure you demonstrate that in the way you write.
At the end of the Middle, or the beginning of the End (depending on which way you look at it), the story reaches a CLIMAX.
The CLIMAX is the most exciting part of the story. Think of your House Patron: what was the most important or eventful thing that they did?
The END is also known as the RESOLUTION because it is when everything in the story makes sense and comes together neatly.
Reading a good story is like going on a great holiday...
BUT
Writing a good story can be like climbing a great mountain...
End
IMPORTANT TIPS!
EXAMPLE: After defeating Voldemort, Harry was happy and returned to his aunt and uncle's house, content in the knowledge that he would soon be able to go back to Hogwarts.
1. You should write in the FIRST PERSON (you are pretending to write an autobiography of the Patron).
2. You should write in the PAST TENSE (Example: "I WAS born in 1842 and LIVED in Victoria for most of my life").
3. You should divide your story into PARAGRAPHS. Each new event in the story needs its own paragraph.
4. You should write a few DRAFTS (rough copies of your story before you write the final version to hand in).
Middle
A story is only a story if something happens...
The middle is sometimes called the COMPLICATION because it's where things start to get interesting.
- The protagonist usually faces some challenge/s
- She/he works through the problem/s
- The action increases ("RISING action")
Beginning
The beginning of any narrative establishes the SETTING, CHARACTERS and STYLE of the story.
The reader should know from the first paragraph:
- Who is the protagonist (main character)?
- Where is the story set?
- Whose voice is telling the story? (the narrator)