with Diane Z Shore Fictional Narrative Fictional not true made up Narrative story IMAGINATION BRAINSTORMING 1 Write down everything you know about your story character setting problem situation solution etc Ask ID: 572708
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WRITE ON!
with Diane Z. ShoreSlide2
Fictional Narrative
Fictional - not true, made up
Narrative – story
IMAGINATIONSlide3
BRAINSTORMING
1) Write down everything you
know
about your story : character, setting, problem situation, solution, etc. Ask wh- questions2) Imagine
everything about your character, problem, setting, etc.
3) prop (when not given a prompt)Slide4
Point of view
Setting
Character(s)Slide5
Hook/Grabber
One or two (or more) sentences that reels your reader in
Start your story where your story startsSlide6
Pickle
–
Problem or Challenge or Something Out of the Ordinary
Problem – conflict/interferes with goal Ex. You told your mom you would babysit your little brother on Saturday, and your best friend just got tickets to the concert that night. Challenge -
main character wants to accomplish something. Ex. Earn enough money to buy a
Wii
.
Something out of the ordinary
- not an every day occurrence. Ex. You find a strange message on your cell phoneSlide7Slide8
Point of view
Setting
Character(s)Slide9
Action/Plot
Plot- what moves your story along and keeps the reader turning the pages.
Ex. rescue a friend, get into trouble, have to do something scary or silly.
nerve-wracking
suspense-building
rib-tickling
spine-tingling
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Plot
-
what moves your story along and keeps the reader turning the pages. Ex. rescue a friend, get into trouble, have to do something scary or silly.Slide11Slide12Slide13
Climax/SolutionSlide14Slide15
Take Away/Wrap up
One or two sentences that tell the reader what the main character learned or how his life has changed. Slide16
Take Away/Wrap upSlide17Slide18Slide19Slide20
Painting a Story with Words
Your paper is the easel and your pen the paintbrush. Your words are the paints.
Choose words that create visuals or
mental pictures and fire up the senses.Slide21
VIVID VERBS AND COLORFUL WORDS
Vivid Verbs and Colorful Words
Vivid Verbs and Colorful Words
Vivid Verbs and Colorful Wordsout the door and took a drink out of his glass.Jack bolted
out
the
screen
door
chugging
his
Gatorade.
He went out the door and took a drink .
Ali
skipped
along
the
sidewalk
sipping
her
juice
box.
When you’re writing to impress don’t use a word that fizzles ….Slide22Slide23
The mud squished between her toes.
Thistle spines pierced his skin when the cat leapt up and clawed his back.
The smell of warm, buttery popcorn floated through the dark theater. The chewing gum tasted minty.The horse
clippity
-clopped along the red, brick road.
Punching bag and gloves exercise
Fire Up the Senses!!Slide24
Sensory Check
Sight
- foggy, striped, flashing
Sound – splashing, snoring, jingling Taste - buttery, lemony, sweet Smell
- burning,
perfumey
, grassy,
Touch
– silky, sandy, cottony, bristlySlide25
Onomatopoeia
The use of a word that sounds like the thing it stands forSlide26
Emotions
More words to avoid:
I’m not going to the concert tonight. My head aches and my throat is as scratchy as sandpaper. I feel______. Ewww! I’m not eating that sandwich, it tastes ____.
When the principal announced Melanie’s name as the recipient of the Outstanding Student Award, she felt _____.
Good, great, terrific, awesome
Bad, terrible, horrible, grossSlide27
Words to avoid
:
Forms of the verb “to be”:
is, am, are, was, were, can, could, be, been, has, had, have, will, would, may, might, must ,should, shall, being, do, did, does,go, went, gone, Also, “there is, there was” Slide28
Similes and Metaphors
Simile
- comparing two things using the work “like” or “as”
He tumbled around like underwear in a dryer.Metaphor – a comparison without using the word “like” or “as” The linebacker was a bulldozer on the football field. Slide29Slide30Slide31
Hyperbole
Exaggeration for effectSlide32
Show vs. Tell
Describing something instead of directly stating the obvious - be creative
Tell
- Scruffy got loose.Show – Scruffy scratched and pawed under the chain link fence until he dug a hole big enough to wiggle through.
ExerciseSlide33
Dialogue/Dialogue Tags
“I can’t wait to build a snowman!” said Eric.
“I can’t wait to build a snowman!” exclaimed Eric.
“I can’t wait to build a snowman!” Eric zipped up his jacket and threw his scarf around his neck. Slide34
Revisions/Rewrite
Five parts of the story
Sensory
Check (Onomatopoeia)Vivid Verbs and Colorful WordsSimiles /MetaphorsDialogue/Dialogue Tags
Show vs. Tell
HyperboleSlide35
Expository
(ipod
)i
nformation – facts, examples, detailsPersuasion – reasons, support, argumentsOpinions
– personal experience, viewpoint, compare/contrast
D
irections
– steps, stages Slide36Slide37Slide38Slide39
Greasy Old Stuff
by
M
elissa Forney
Under the car hood there’s greasy old stuff,
Hoses and fan-belts all rubbery and rough.
Gadgets are grinding and pistons are pumping,
And some little gizmo is spinning and thumping.
The engine is coughing a frightful explosion!
The battery’s covered with gray-green corrosion.
Gas fumes are rising and motors are whirring
And what-cha-ma-call its are chugging and purring.
Figurative language or speech contains images. The writer or speaker describes something through the use of unusual comparisons, for effect, interest, and to make things clearer. The result of using this technique is the creation of interesting images.
Harder - Figurative language is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense. Appealing to the imagination, figurative language provides new ways of looking at the world. It always makes use of a comparison between different things. Figurative language compares two things that are different in enough ways so that their similarities, when pointed out, are interesting, unique and/or surprising.