Eng101BCsp15 Narration Verbs Prepositions

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Word that shows action or state of being

Run, swim, jump, be, appear, seem, feel

There are numerous verb tenses: Present tense, past tense, future tense,

present perfect tense, past perfect tense,future perfect tense, present progressive,

past progressive, future progressive, presentperfect progressive, past perfectprogressive, future perfect progressive,emphatic


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Present actionI want to eat pizza right now.

Action that happens over and overI eat pizza almost every day.

Scientific facts and other things that arealways true (literature included)

Eating twenty-five pizzas a day is not goodfor you.


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Less dynamic Downplays or ignores doer of action

The ball was hit and a run was scored. Thescore was kept and eventually the gamewas won. Strong emotions were felt bythe fans and much applause was heard.


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The doer of action is unimportant orunknown

School is canceled today! (Who cares whocanceled it?)

You want to be polite or avoid soundingbossy

Your application was rejected.


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You want to emphasize that thing youretalking about more than the personperforming the action

This big blue ribbon will be given to the

winner.

You are writing in an impersonal,

scientific manner

The mice were separated into two groups.


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As a chiropractor I constantly remind

people that a good nights rest providesone of the most important and oftenoverlooked aspects of health.

As a chiropractor I constantly remindpeople of the importance of a good

nights rest as an overlooked aspect ofhealth.


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Word used to show a relationshipbetween noun/pronoun and anotherword in the sentence

Tell us something about where something is,

when something happens, shows some othertype of relationship between two things

About, above, after, around, at, before,

beneath, between, by, down, for, from, ininside, of, off, on, opposite, since,through, throughout, to, underneath, up,with, without


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Change words to not end inpreposition...if it sounds normal...if not,rewrite the sentence completely

A senator is someone most people look upto.

A senator is someone to whom most

people upwardly look.Most people look up to a senator.


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Purpose

Action

Conflict Point of view

Key events

Dialogue

Ethical


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Tell what happened

Reporters stick to facts

establish an interesting or useful fact

Go beyond only reciting events

Lessons and insights

Encounter with mugger leads to

observation on self-respect


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Plays a central role in narrative

Recreates action, not presents (active vs.passive)

Action must all relate to purpose, not just

chronicle series of events


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Motivates and structure the action Man vs. Man

Man vs. Society

Man vs. Self Man vs. Nature

http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/education/types-of-literary-conflict


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First-person POV Autobiographies

I, me, mine, we, ours

Third-person POV Biographies, histories

Narrator remains unmentioned

He, she, him, her


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Chosen events should help reader share

experience of writer

Identify and build narrative around key

events

Those that directly relate to purpose Use secondary events to keep narrative

flowing smoothly


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Enlivens action and draws reader intostory

Essential to illustrating purpose

Written conversation does NOTduplicate real talk

Dialogue that reproduces real talkweakens narrative

Use simple words, short sentences Punctuate properly

Avoid over-repetition of he/she said


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Provide truthful account Do not falsify someones behavior to

tarnish reputation (libel)

Give fictitious names to protect othersfrom danger

Consider audience whenever relatingpossible unethical or illegal behavior


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Apply the key narrative elements to each

of the following readings. Be prepared toextensively discuss your findings with theclass.

Greenburgs Sound and FuryAngelous Mommas Encounter

Salinas The Scholarship Jacket

*pages are listed in the syllabus


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Joe, Tyler, Billy, Matt - purposeArionna, Jake, Brittany - action

Ryan C, Aaron, Sarah, Lyndsey - conflictCarina, Brian, Chaymaapoint of viewJesse, Zach, Erin, Chriskey eventsAdrienne, Sam, Morgan - dialogue

Ryan M, Julian, Lauren, Kaylaethics

Apply your assigned narrative elements to each of thefollowing readings. Be prepared to extensivelydiscuss your findings with the class.

Greenburgs Sound and FuryAngelous Mommas EncounterSalinas The Scholarship Jacket

*pages are listed in the syllabus

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Eng101BCsp15 Narration Verbs Prepositions