HOW TO ACE ENGLISH NARRATIVE! according to ms diana.

Narrative Writing Tips:

-Narratives are written to entertain. (engaging, have an impact or reader)

-Must be focused. (1 conflict, 1 climax)

-A few central characters, a few settings.

-Always think "What's the point of adding this to the story?" before writing.

How to get an 'A'

• Is your language accurate?
• Check that your tenses are consistent
• Cancel out redundant words
• Sentence structure (avoid run on sentences and sentence fragments (incomplete))
• A complete sentence must have a subject & verb
• Use a semi-colon/conjunction/separate sentences instead of run on sentence

Vocab

• Wide and precise
• Show not tell (don't show too much if it's not relevant)
• Quality not Quantity
• When using descriptive language, be imaginative and original.

Avoid:

• Weak comparisons
• Don't be too literal
• Mismatched tone

Punctuation

In dialogue:

• "I love you very much," he whispered.
• He replied, "Well, I'm not gay."
• "How could you?!" He bellowed.
• "Do you think you could shut up?" He asked.
• "If you studied hard, you would turn gay too," he continued, "and we could be together."

Spelling

• No bullet points. This is ironic, cuz there are no points and i'm writing this point. What's even more ironic is i'm spelling because as cuz when under the point Spelling. Wow. Mind blown.

Paragraphing

• Every paragraph should serve a purpose.
• They show transitions from settings or time frames. (for narratives)
• New paragraph to create impact/Turn of events.

Story

• Relevant, interesting
• Take five minutes to plan

Avoid:

• Chunks of 'factual' paragraphs [Ackhem, Renee. who lifted almost everything about Singapore's ndependence and plonked it in her essay.]

Instead:

• Use movement, varied sentence structure, action and some dialogue.

Story flow

• Orientation (Hook your reader, mind you it's not pole dancing)
• Conflict/Complication :Leave them wondering, suspense
• Climax: "WOW" them! (it's not pole dancing again)
• Resolution: Leave your readers satisfied with a final outcome. End with impact/moral to the story but don't make it too stiff.

Word limit (350-500). Advised to keep to the word limit.

Typed of Conflict

• Person vs. Self
• Person vs. Person
• Person vs. Society
• Person vs. Machine/Technology [TERMINATOR]
• Person vs. Nature [I. KILL. FLOWERRRRRRR]
• Person vs. Donkey. or Shrek. or Princess Fiona. I WANNA WATCH SHREK!

Okay that's about it, if you don't ace your test, don't blame lois and I. It's Ms Diana's fault.

WHOOO ENGLISH ENDED. BYEBYE MISS DIANANAANANANANA

PS: Lois was the one who kept talking bout pole dancing.