SAS 12 UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT TYPES OF ESSAYS: NARRATIVE

Narrative

• is a story or account of events, experiences, or interactions told in a sequential manner

• a student recounting their summer vacation is sharing a narrative

• setting, character, plot, conflict, resolution, POV, theme

literary device

• is a technique used by writers to convey meaning, enhance expression, and engage readers 

• simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia 

• to add depth, style, or clarity in writing, especially in narrative texts 

point of view 

• perspective from which story is told 

• first and 3rd person 

first person

• narrator uses “I” in the story

• i couldn’t believe what I saw

3rd person

• the narrator is outside the story and uses “she”, “he”, “they”

• she looked around the room in disbelief

setting 

• establishes the time and place of the story, creating its atmosphere and mood

characters

• are the individuals involved in the narrative

plot

• consists of the sequence of events or actions of the characters that unfold the story, typically with a clear beginning, middle, and end 

conflict

• arises as the problem or struggle between opposing sides that needs to be resolved

resolution

• is the way the problem is solved

theme

• the big idea or general observations about human nature and life presented in the story

simile

• compares 2 different things using the words “like: or “as” to highlight a specific similarity between them met

• the cat’s fur was soft as a cloud

metaphor 

• is a figure of speech that says one thing is another thing to show they are in a way, without using “like or “as”

• the classroom was like a zoo during recess

personification

• is when the writer gives inanimate objects or ideas human traits

• the sun smiled down on the children as they played

hyperbole

• is an exaggeration of an action or idea for emphasis

• I’ve told you a million times to clean your room

onomatopoeia

• is where a word is written the same as it sounds when spoken aloud

• the bees buzzed around the flowers in the garden