Narrative Writing
What is Narrative?
Often, the word narrative is synonymous with story. A narrative is the story (fiction or non-fiction) told and the order in which it is told. Sometimes, there is a narrator, a character or series of characters, who tell the story. Sometimes, as with most non-fiction, the author himself/herself in the narrator.
Why Write Narrative?
Narrative writing is very important in your day-to-day life. For the rest of your life,you will write texts, e-mails, cover letters, blogs, etc. about your beliefs, your ambitions, information you know, and feelings you have. What could be more important?
Narrative writing in fiction and non-fiction (and even poetry) tells others the stories of our personal experiences and allows us to gain empathy and sympathy about the world around us.
When we write in narrative we normally use The Simple Past tense.
1. Complete the sentences:
a. After he (work out), he (be) tired.
b. After the park, Peter went shopping at the mall. He (buy) a new TV.
c. Yesterday, Peter (read) the newspaper and then (go) to the park.
d. Peter (go) home at 6:00 PM, (eat) dinner, and later, (watch) his new TV.
e. At the coffee shop, they (talk) and (have) coffee.
f. He (work out) at the gym after he (see) his friend at the coffee shop.
g. At 3:30 PM, he (go) with his friend to a coffee shop.
2. Arrange the sentences from #1 in order and write them as a paragraph.
3. In the following sentences, what is the order of events?
a. Yesterday, Peter went to the park and read the newspaper.
First:
Second:
b. He worked out at the gym after he saw his friend at the coffee shop.
First:
c. Peter read the newspaper and then went to the park.
First:
Second:
d. Peter went home at 6:00 PM, ate dinner, and later, watched his new TV.
First:
Second:
Third: