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Narrative Structure
Orientation/Beginning:
Narrative Structure
Complication/Problem:
Narrative Structure
Minor Resolution:
This is where the problem
resolved.
seems to be
Narrative Structure
Complication/New Problem
The problem or complication is
now even worse than before.
Narrative Structure
Resolution/ Problem is solved:
This is where the problem is really solved
and the story ends.
Narrative Structure
Evaluative Ending/ Moral:
Often there may be a moral or a
message at the end of the story.
For example, in the book
Naughty stories for nice girls
and boys, most of the stories
have a moral to them.
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2.
Little Red Riding Hood sets out for Grand mothers house Orientation
2.
3.
The wolf leaves Little Red Riding hood and races to Grandmothers
house Minor Resolution (Wolf left Red Riding Hood alone)
4.
5.
6.
7.
Points of View
Writing from different points of view can add
interest and detail to a story.
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
Narrative Features
Effective narrative writing has a range of
language features.
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2.
Narrative Features
3. Effective characterisation to elicit an
emotional response from the reader.
4. Past or present tense being consistent
throughout.
5. Use of a variety of simple, compound and
complex sentences
Graphic Organiser
Narrative
Features
RID
Orientation
Use of
Dialogue
Descriptive
language
Complication
Effective
Characterisation
Past or present
Tense
Minor
Resolution
Variety of
Sentences
New
Complication
Resolution
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Insert
Delete