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What is a narrative?
A narrative is a text that tells a story and, in doing so, entertains the audience. The purpose of a narrative, other than providing entertainment, can be to make the audience think about an issue, teach them a lesson, or excite their emotions.
Written narratives often take the form of novels. The story is usually told by a narrator. If the narrator is one of the characters in the story, the story is said to be told in the first person. If a person outside the story is the narrator, then the story is being told in the third person.
Examples of narrative texts include: myths fairytales Aboriginal dreaming stories science fiction historical fiction romance novels
NARRATIVE
Features of a narrative
Constructing a narrative
The steps for constructing a narrative text are: an orientation in which the narrator tells the audience about WHO is in the story, WHEN the story is taking place and WHERE the action is happening a complication that sets off a chain of events that influences what will happen in the story A sequence of events where the characters react to the complication A resolution in which the characters solve the problem created in the complication a coda that provides a comment or moral based on what has been learned from the story (an optional step).
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The narrative scaffold 1. Orientation
In this paragraph the narrator tells the audience who is in the story, when it is happening, where it is happening and what is going on.
2. Complication
This is the part of the story where the narrator tells about something that will begin a chain of events. These events will affect one or more of the characters. The complication is the trigger.
3. Sequence of events
This is where the narrator tells how the characters react to the complication. It includes their feelings and what they do. The events can be told in chronological order (the order in which they happen) or with flashbacks. The audience is given the narrators point of view.
4. Resolution
In this part of the narrative the complication is sorted out or the problem is solved
5. Coda
The narrator includes a coda if there is a moral or message to be learned from the story.
MODEL OF A NARRATIVE
Structures
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Grammatical features
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS