A narrative is a story from a specific moment in time being told where as narration would be the act of telling it. In college, the concept takes on a new meaning where more than just details are needed to satisfy a narrative. In Chapter six about Narration, Kirzner and Mandell describe the basis of what a complete narrative would look like. The simplest details such as changing up sentence structure, transitioning, and using correct verb tenses are some of the main points that make a writing piece engaging and effortless to read.
Whether it is on Instagram or Facebook, poems or personal college essays, when narratives are written they are to support a bigger idea. In College, the bigger idea is called a thesis statement and it is something …show more content…
The act of transitioning is basically leaving a topic to enter another smoothly with the help of words. It also helps set up a order of time whether it is being explained in sequential time or jumped around. An excellent example is given in the text where Mandell explains that a student writing about her childhood used transition words to create cohesion between sentences. The student began by talking about “when I was little” on her first paragraph, to then adding, “In the years to follow”, to help show a change over time that still had to do with her childhood in two different chronological periods. Specificity is important when writing or telling narratives. It is that of which helps develop a story. It would not give off the same nuance to say, my husband past away September 11, 2001, rather than, It was at 8:45 of September 11, 2001 when my husband past away. Even though many events could have happened, aside from 9/11, people would automatically connect the sentence to that event and sympathize adding an emotional hold onto the …show more content…
Informal or formal writing are like blocks of details stacked on top of the another to create a beautiful structure. How strong would a structure be without the glue between the blocks? The glue in this case are the points mentioned that wove ideas together. The use of transitioning, having correct verb tense and avoiding repetition help narrate a story in a proper way. People tell stories to share ideologies and personal moments that another being may relate with. The best way is if the person reading can get through the reading smoothly and without confusion, ending with satisfaction of having read a properly written
Whether it is on Instagram or Facebook, poems or personal college essays, when narratives are written they are to support a bigger idea. In College, the bigger idea is called a thesis statement and it is something …show more content…
The act of transitioning is basically leaving a topic to enter another smoothly with the help of words. It also helps set up a order of time whether it is being explained in sequential time or jumped around. An excellent example is given in the text where Mandell explains that a student writing about her childhood used transition words to create cohesion between sentences. The student began by talking about “when I was little” on her first paragraph, to then adding, “In the years to follow”, to help show a change over time that still had to do with her childhood in two different chronological periods. Specificity is important when writing or telling narratives. It is that of which helps develop a story. It would not give off the same nuance to say, my husband past away September 11, 2001, rather than, It was at 8:45 of September 11, 2001 when my husband past away. Even though many events could have happened, aside from 9/11, people would automatically connect the sentence to that event and sympathize adding an emotional hold onto the …show more content…
Informal or formal writing are like blocks of details stacked on top of the another to create a beautiful structure. How strong would a structure be without the glue between the blocks? The glue in this case are the points mentioned that wove ideas together. The use of transitioning, having correct verb tense and avoiding repetition help narrate a story in a proper way. People tell stories to share ideologies and personal moments that another being may relate with. The best way is if the person reading can get through the reading smoothly and without confusion, ending with satisfaction of having read a properly written