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St
Andrew's Cathedral School Library
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Narrative
Text Type
Scaffold and language features
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Narrative
Purpose
A
narrative serves to entertain
or inform readers by telling them a story.
Structure
A
narrative has a number of
parts:
· Orientation
who, when, where
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Complication
event that causes a complication; there may be more than one in a story.
Descriptive words are used to give information about characters and
events.
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Evaluation
reaction by characters to the complication
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Resolution
solution to the problem
Coda
(optional)
lesson from the story
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Narrative
Scaffold
Orientation (who, when,
where)
..
Complication
Evaluation/reaction
Complication
Evaluation/reaction
Complication/climax
Evaluation/reaction
Resolution
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Language features of a
narrative
Description of characters and places
using:
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Adjectives to describe nouns heavy, frosty, transparent, grumpy
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Adverbs to describe verbs quickly, secretly, quietly,
energetically, suddenly
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Similes to compare one thing with another, using like or as
as as bright as the moon, the kiss felt like a butterflys wings
against her cheek
Time words Once upon a time, long ago, then, last week
Verbs indicating actions in the story hid, ate, ran, whispered, looked
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Examples of an narrative
Fiction
novels like adventure and fantasy, spoken and written stories
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References:
Greef, C. (1995). Summary
of school text types in science [Draft]. Disadvantaged Schools Program
Anderson, M. & Anderson, K. (1997). Text types in English 1.
Macmillan: South Yarra.
Anderson, M. & Anderson, K. (1997). Text types in English 2.
Macmillan: South Yarra.
Literacy
Committee, St Andrews Cathedral School
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