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Structure |
Language Features |
Comments |
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Title |
- reference to specific people
and things
- noun groups to describe
characters and settings
- use of time words or groups
of words to connect events
- action verbs to describe the
subject's behaviour
- thinking and feeling verbs
- descriptive information
- use of dialogue
- use of
figurative language eg. metaphors, similes
- adverbials to provide
additional information about character(s) behaviour
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Orientation |
Provide your reader with some
information that gives them a context for what is to follow by
answering at least three of these questions:
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Complication |
A complication is a problem
that arises to confront the principal character(s). |
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Evaluation |
The evaluation is the
emotional or intellectual response to that complication. It may
involve some decision making. |
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Complication |
A good story will have a series
of complications that build on each other. |
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Evaluation |
Each complication should involve
evaluation. The thoughts and feeling of the characters take
the story away from being plot driven and give it greater
depth.. |
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Complication |
You can have as many
complications as you feel you story needs. |
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Evaluation |
Your final evaluation should
also be a means to moving on to the final stage of the
narrative. |
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Resolution |
The resolution is where the
narrative is wound up. It should involve some emotional or
intellectual evaluation. |
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Coda (optional) |
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