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The Confident Writer

The Confident Writer. Chapter 8: Narrating and Describing. What is Hughes’s thesis? Why is he writing? How are the details organized? What pattern(s) of organization does he use? Can you think of any such defining moments in your own life?. “Salvation” by Langston Hughes.

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The Confident Writer

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  1. The Confident Writer Chapter 8: Narrating and Describing

  2. What is Hughes’s thesis? Why is he writing? • How are the details organized? • What pattern(s) of organization does he use? • Can you think of any such defining moments in your own life? “Salvation” by Langston Hughes

  3. Organizational patterns are… • Thought patterns • Options for helping a writer achieve unity and coherence • Frameworks for ideas • Determined by topic, audience, and purpose • One organizational pattern is narration. • Narration is the storytelling pattern • Another pattern is description. • Description brings subjects to life. • Which pattern should you use? What Are Organizational Patterns?

  4. Use narration to develop your topic as a story. • A narration develops a series of events that take place over a period of time. • Tell your readers what you learned from the experience—reflect! Tools for Narration • Determine the story’s significance. • Follow the sequence of events. • Choose a point of view. • Add dialogue for accuracy and variety. Use Narration to Tell a Story

  5. Determine the Story’s Significance Follow a Sequence of Events • Try to understand the meaning of the event. • On notebook paper, do Exercise 8.1 on page 201. • In what order did the events occur? • Which details are necessary? • What transitions words will maintain a time sequence? Use Narration to Tell a Story

  6. Choose a Point of View Add Dialogue for Accuracy & Variety • POV=the perspective from which a story is told • 1st Person: I • 3rd Person: he, she, it • 2nd Person: you (Avoid using this one!) • Dialogue=quoting what someone says • Dialogue makes people come alive. • Dialogue allows people to speak for themselves. Use Narration to Tell a Story

  7. New speaker, new paragraph. • Put “ ” around the words of the speaker.George said, “Really? I can’t believe it!” • Attribute words to the speaker. Ron said,Alexis repliedHamilton quipped • Place ending punctuation inside “ ”.Trish murmured, “You know I love you.”“You know,” Trish murmured, “I love you.”“You know I love you,” Trish murmured. • After establishing speakers, you can omit attributions. Rules for Using Dialogue

  8. Using Dialogue Comic Strip to Narrative: Larry approaches Bob, who is reading with a very intent look on his face, and asks him, “Whuh you reading, Bob?” “Ees book on how crocs keel prey with death roll,” answers Bob without looking up from the book. “I geet from child’s seshun of library.” Larry’s brow furrows with intrigue. “Roll keel dem?” His fists clench as he struggles toward an epiphany. “Oh, yeah. It snap neck,” Bob replies. When he notices Larry’s look of enthusiasm, he cannot help asking, “Why?” But Larry dashes off without a reply. Several hours later, Larry rings Zebra’s doorbell. “Peese,” he says, when Zebra opens the door, “Eetwid dinner.” Zebra just stares a Larry, wondering at his remarkable resemblance to the Pillsbury Dough Boy, the proffered basked of dinner rolls, and look of bland innocence.

  9. Use the above cartoon to write a brief narrative that includes description.

  10. Use description to bring your topic to life. Tools for Description • Find a controlling idea. • Choose sensory details. • Consider your audience and purpose. Use Description to Enliven Your Writing

  11. Find a Controlling Idea Choose Sensory Details • A controlling idea— • Is the overall impression that a person, place or object conveys • Is part of your thesis • Controls your selection of details • Sensory details appeal to your five senses: • Touch • Taste • Smell • Hear • See Use Description to Enliven Your Writing

  12. Consider Your Audience & Purpose • When you describe, you can have either: • An objective purpose • A subjective purpose • To decide on a purpose, ask yourself: • Who am I writing this for and why? Use Description to Enliven Your Writing

  13. Questions to Consider: • What is your topic, and why have you chosen it? • Is your purpose to relate an event or to create an impression? • If your topic is an event or story, then what makes it significant? • If your topic is an impression or feeling, then what is the controlling idea? • Is the topic something you know and care about? • Will the topic interest readers or seem important to them? • What is your central idea, thesis, or message? • What point of view will you take? • What examples or sensory details will bring this topic to life? • How will dialogue add realism to your story or enliven your description? Think through Your Topic

  14. Ask yourself the 5 Ws and a H Questions: • Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? • Plan your essay with: • A three-level outline • Main Idea  Major details  Minor details • A coherence pattern • Time order, emphatic order, and spatial order • Look at Figure 8.4 on page 221. Plan and Write Your Essay

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