UNIT 1 NARRATIVE TEXT.pptx

UNIT 1 NARRATIVE TEXT.pptx

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  what is afable?
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  The Structures of aFable • Complication A central problem or complication including rising action to a dramatic climax. • Orientation Setting of a scene and introduction of the characters. • Resolution (moral lesson) The complication is resolved.
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  THE LANGUAGE FEATURESOF A FABLE
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  A Bat blunderedinto the nest of a Weasel, who ran up to catch and eat him. The Bat begged for his life, but the Weasel would not listen. "You are a Mouse," he said, "and I am a sworn enemy of Mice. Every Mouse I catch, I am going to eat!" "But I am not a Mouse!" cried the Bat. "Look at my wings. Can Mice fly? Why, I am only a Bird! Please let me go!“ THE BAT AND THE WEASELS Title Orientation Complicatio n EXAMPLE
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  The Weasel hadto admit that the Bat was not a Mouse, so he let him go. But a few days later, the foolish Bat went blindly into the nest of another Weasel. This Weasel happened to be a bitter enemy of Birds, and he soon had the Bat under his claws, ready to eat him. "You are a Bird," he said, "and I am going to eat you!" "What," cried the Bat, "I, a Bird! Why, all Birds have feathers! I am nothing but a Mouse. 'Down with all Cats,' is my motto!" And so the Bat escaped with his life a second time. Complicatio n Resolution EXAMPLE
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  Example: • One warmsummer afternoon as she dozed away in her den in the old oak tree, a Grasshopper nearby began a joyous but very raspy song. What is past tense? Actions that happened at a specific time in the past.
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  sequence words • Sequencewords are used to help the readers easily connect events in a story. • Sequence words can be at the beginning, middle, end, or as an interruption in a sentence.
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  • Indirect speechis also called reported speech. • is used when the speaker reports what someone else said. reported speech
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  Pronouns (to reflectwho is speaking) • When you are reporting the speech of someone who talked about himself with the 1st person pronoun (I), you need to change the pronoun to ‘he.’ Example: Direct speech: “I can arrive at the river in time,” said the Tortoise. Indirect speech: The Tortoise said that he could arrive at the river in time. We use indirect speech, we make some changes in: Verbs Because in indirect speech we are reporting, we use a tense which is further back in the past)