What is a Narrative?
            What is a Narrative?
            Simply Stated  A STORY
                          
            Simply Stated    A STORY
      Narrative essays are often anecdotal, 
        Narrative essays are often anecdotal, 
        experiential, and personal—allowing 
        experiential, and personal—allowing 
    students to express themselves in a creative 
    students to express themselves in a creative 
                      ways.
                      ways.
     What makes a good story?
     What makes a good story?
   The common features of a good story
   The common features of a good story
   are:
   are:
    Orientation
    Orientation
    Complication, and
    Complication, and
    Resolution
    Resolution
   This is called Narrative Structure
   This is called Narrative Structure
            Narrative Structure
            Narrative Structure
   Orientation/Beginning:
   Orientation/Beginning:
    This sets the scene, 
     This sets the scene, 
     creating a visual picture of 
     creating a visual picture of 
     the setting, atmosphere 
     the setting, atmosphere 
     and time of the story.  
     and time of the story.  
    Characters are introduced 
     Characters are introduced 
     and clues are set in place 
     and clues are set in place 
     for the coming 
     for the coming 
     complication.             Who are all these people?
     complication.
          Narrative Structure
          Narrative Structure
   Complication/Problem:
   Complication/Problem:
    This is where a problem or complication occurs 
    This is where a problem or complication occurs 
    that affects the setting, time or characters.
    that affects the setting, time or characters.
          Narrative Structure
          Narrative Structure
   Minor Resolution:
   Minor Resolution:
   This is where the problem seems to be 
    This is where the problem seems to be 
    resolved.
    resolved.