Sunday, October 1, 2017

Essential Questions Fiction Narrative

Essential Questions Fiction Narrative
  1. Why do authors write stories?
  2.  Why would I want to write a story?
  3. What is a narrative work of fiction?
  4. What is a narrative work of nonfiction?
  5. What are some of the purposes of narrative fiction? 
  6. How are the different points of view used in a fictional narrative?
  7. How is a 1st person point of view different from a third person point of view?  
  8. What attributes make fiction different from other genres of writing? 
  9. Why is fiction better than nonfiction for certain types of writing? 
  10. How do the elements of plot, characterization, and conflict differ from those of a work of fiction vs. nonfiction? 
  11. What are the main characteristics of a short story?
  12. How does the narrator's point of view impact the characters, plot, and themes of narrative fiction? 
A fiction narrative is constructed from 6 literary elements:
  1. What are characters? Why are they important in a fictional narrative? 
  2. What are main characters?
  3. What are minor characters?
  4. What is character development?
  1. What is dialogue?
  2. How is the dialogue used to reveal a characters thoughts feelings, motivations?
  3. How is the dialogue used to advance the plot?
  4. How is the dialogue used to introduce the setting 
  1. What is a setting?
  2. How is the time, place, mood, & atmosphere used in a fictional narrative? 
  1. What is a plot?
  2. How does the exposition impact the characters, plot, and themes of narrative fiction? 
  3. How does the rising action impact the characters, plot, and theme of narrative fiction?
  4. How does the climax impact the characters, plot, and theme of narrative fiction?
  5. How does the falling action impact the characters, plot, and theme of narrative fiction?
  6. How does the resolution impact the characters, plot, and theme of narrative fiction?
  7. How does conflict impact the characters, plot, and theme of narrative fiction? 
  1. What is the point of view in a narrative?
  2. What is a first-person narrative?
  3. What is a third-person narrative?
  1. How are the beginnings, middles, and endings used in a narrative fiction? 
  1. How do writers make stories more interesting to readers?
  2. What kind of graphic organizer can you use to organize your fiction narrative?
  3. What type of voice is most effective for a narrative story?
UNPACKING NARRATIVE WRITING:

Within literature, there are various techniques, devices, and elements we all use or experience on a day-to-day basis when we read or write. For example, authors will obtain the attention of the reader with certain writing techniques while relying on the themes to keep the attention afterward. However, there is actually a difference between devices, techniques, and elements. As we continue our journey to better understand the language and how it is made up, we can see the definitions of the three down below;

Literary Elements - Essentially, this term describes certain characteristics within a piece of text. Instead of being used, they simply exist in texts such as a theme of a story. In every story, there will always be a theme, conflict, setting, and the piece will be written from a certain perspective. Although we can’t write these things directly, they are very much a by-product of what we do. Often, it is the literary elements that are discussed most for a piece of text.

Literary Techniques - On the other hand, this term describes the meaning that comes from deliberate constructions of the language. With literary techniques, these are like weapons authors can use at any time when writing whether it is a phrase or just one word. In addition to this, they also have another difference to elements in that they aren't always visible in every passage of text. Since they are actively inserted by the writer, they aren't always present.

Literary Devices - Thirdly, we have literary devices which are a particular section of work we can recognize and then analyze thereafter. In truth, this has a mixture of the two above but falls more closely on the side of techniques because they can be entered into text actively for the reader to then analyze.

Before we head any further, we should point out that ‘literary terms’ are the actual words used in the techniques and elements we discussed previously. While the ‘technique’ might cover a whole phrase or section of writing, the literary term will be the word/s used in this writing.

Today, we are going to bring you some of the main combinations and differences that often leave people confused. As an example, are you aware of the differences between an epilogue and a prologue? If you are, well done, but stay tuned for much more like this to see the tools that authors have at their disposal. As you will see, we have separated them into sections depending on whether it discusses how the text is formed or details within the text itself.

General Writing Structures

In this first section, we have comparisons of a general nature with writing. Rather than delving into the writing itself, we will compare and contrast what makes up a story or nonfiction work.

Nonfiction v Fiction - Let’s start with an easy one! With fiction, this is any piece of writing coming purely from the imagination so it could cover science fiction, fantasy books, romance, thrillers, and any other with no ounce of reality or truth. With nonfiction, this is based on fact and could be a detailed guide to butterflies or the wars throughout time.

Fairytale v Folktale - Leading on from the previous point, fairy tales are often based around magical and mythical creatures such as witches, dragons, and unicorns. On the flip side, a folktale is based on or around a truth or real-life phenomenon; they are both instructive. 



The Crystal Ball (fairy tale)

A sorceress was afraid of her three sons. She turned the oldest into an eagle and the second into a whale, and each could take his human form for only two hours a day. The youngest son fled before he could suffer the same fate and went off to seek the king's daughter, bewitched and held prisoner in the Castle of the Golden Sun. He saw two giants quarreling over a wishing cap and they asked him to settle the dispute. He put on the cap, forgot he had it on, and wished himself to the castle.
The king's daughter told him that only a crystal ball would break the enchantment. She directed him to go down the mountain and fight a wild bull beside a spring. If he killed it, a bird would spring out of it. If the bird was forced to let free an egg in its body, the crystal ball was its yolk, but the egg would light everything about it on fire if dropped on the land.
He fought the bull. The bird sprang free, but his brother the eagle harried it until it dropped the egg. This landed on a fisherman's hut, setting it ablaze, but his brother the whale drowned the hut with waves. The youngest brother took the crystal ball to the enchanter, who admitted himself defeated and told him that the ball would also break the spell on his brothers. The youngest hurried to the princess, and they exchanged rings.

Prologue v Epilogue - Essentially, these are actually opposites with one coming before the bulk of the story and the other after. A prologue is an introduction to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, most often an earlier story that ties into the main one. If you look at the prefixes meaning ‘pro’ and ‘epi,' we see that the former is before the story while the latter appears at the end to tell the audience what happens to the characters or historical figures.  An epilogue is different from an afterword. 
 An afterword is a literary device that is found at the end of a piece of literature. It usually covers how the book or story was developed, or the inceptions of the characters, plot, themes, idea or source texts for the book.

Perspective v Point of View - Surprisingly, these two do have their differences and it can be a tricky topic. With the point of view, the focus is on who is telling the story. In a work of fiction, you will often get first and third person writing (rarely with a second person too). In terms of perspective, it looks into the background of the person telling the story and from what position they are talking.

Antagonist v Protagonist - As you may know, these terms describe characters, concepts, or groups of people in a story. For the good person and main character in the story, this will normally be the protagonist and the antagonist will be the opposition. Typically, the antagonist will oppose the protagonist.

Plot v Theme - With the plot, this will be the subject of a story and the meaning according to the author. On the other hand, a theme will be the noticeable recurring topic/s running through the text.

Resolution v Exposition - In every story, there will be a climax and everything preceding this helps to build anticipation. Ultimately, the exposition is an introduction and the starting point of the building; the resolution is after the climax where the antagonist and protagonist normally meet.

Mood v Tone - When reading a story, you sometimes get a feeling or some emotions and this explains the mood of the text. With tone, this is things the author chooses such as theme, word choice, setting, plot, etc.

Character Traits v Characterization - When you read a fictional story and notice the actions or behaviors of a character, these are the traits they portray. Sometimes, it could even be their attitude and personality. With each character, they will have both good and bad traits and this is what normally makes them so likable or frustrating to the reader.

With characterization, this is the process of revealing the character’s personality through writing. With direct characterization, the author will tell the reader something about the character’s personality and indirect characterization comes through actions and various other tools.

Legend v Myth - Over time, these two words seem to be used interchangeably more and more but this shouldn't be the case. With a ‘legend’, you start with a story that is partly true. Eventually, it gets passed from one person to the next and it has meaning. Normally, there will always be an element of truth somewhere whereas a myth is purely speculation and doesn’t offer much in the way of truth at all.

Fable v Parable - In a parable, a religious or moral lesson will be shown in a prose or verse story. In fables, this is very different because they tend to rely on plants, animals, and even inanimate objects to tell the story.

WRITING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

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