Empoword

Part One: Description, Narration, and Reflection 83 But perhaps that’s enough abstraction: narration is a rhetorical mode that you likely engage on a daily basis, and one that has held significance in every culture in human history. Even when we’re not deliberately telling stories, storytelling often underlies our writing and thinking: • Historians synthesize and interpret events of the past; a history book is one of many narratives of our cultures and civilizations. • Chemists analyze observable data to determine cause-and-effect behaviors of natural and synthetic materials; a lab report is a sort of narrative about elements (characters) and reactions (plot). • Musical composers evoke the emotional experience of story through instrumentation, motion, motifs, resolutions, and so on; a song is a narrative that may not even need words. What makes for an interesting, well-told story in writing ? In addition to description, your deliberate choices in narration can create impactful, beautiful, and entertaining stories. Chapter Vocabulary Vocabulary Definition characterization the process by which an author builds characters; can be accomplished directly or indirectly. dialogue a communication between two or more people. Can include any mode of communication, including speech, texting, e- mail, Facebook post, body language, etc. dynamic character a character who noticeably changes within the scope of a narrative, typically as a result of the plot events and/or other characters. Contrast with static character. epiphany a character’s sudden realization of a personal or universal truth. See dynamic character. flat character a character who is minimally detailed, only briefly sketched or named. Generally less central to the events and relationships portrayed in a narrative. Contrast with round character. "Story" b y rossyyume i s licensed unde r CC BY-NC-ND 2.0