Narrative Techniques

Imagery

• Uses sensory language to describe

• Copies and pastes pictures into stories

• Uses symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• The rate at which a story moves

Makes the reader smell, taste, feel, see, hear, and imagine what the writer is describing

• Symbolism

• Diction

• Pacing

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The light pooled around the cat like the robe of a greek goddess while she luxuriated on the window sill.

This is an example of:

• Pacing

• Voice

• Imagery

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Voice

• The movement or rate at which a story moves

• The individual style of the author

• Painting word pictures in the readers' minds

• The conversation between two characters in the story

Pacing

• Doing something at a steady speed to not tire oneself out

• Conversation between characters

• Unique voice for each writer

• Speed and/or rhythm of writing

Select the example that is formatted correctly:

• HEY! The boy yelled as he raced after his dog.

• "Hey!" The boy yelled as he raced after his dog.

• Hey! "The boy yelled as he raced after his dog."

• "Hey! The boy yelled as he raced after his dog."

Which of the following is correct? 

• Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos."
• Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos".
• Jane said "I really want to eat Cheetos."
• Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos,"

What am I describing using sensory details:

I pulled up to my house and instantly started to gag. The sharp, putrid smell was so thick in the air that it even assaulted my taste buds. I scanned my yard for the furry black and white body before making a run for it. I knew the smell would linger for hours, maybe even days.

• A garbage can

• A skunk

• My messy van

• My neighbor's garage

What sensory detail does the sentence describe?

Stranded high on the beach, the tiny jellyfish created quite a stench as they began to decay.

• Sight

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch

What sensory detail does the sentence describe?

The soft, warm sand by the dunes gave way to coarse sand packed hard by the incoming waves.

• Sight

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch