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Writing Narrative Style

Narrative Essay Examples In a narrative essay you tell a story, but you also make a point. So, it is like a story told for a reason. A narrative essay uses all the story elements - a beginning and ending, plot, characters, setting and climax - all coming together to complete the story. Essential Elements of…

Exposition can be seen in music, films, television shows, plays, and written text. It is the writer's opportunity to give background information to the reader or listener about the setting, establish the theme and introduce the characters. In music, the exposition is the first part in the sonata form which introduces the themes used in the composition or…

Creative Exercises: Getting Ready to Write

It’s shocking how loud the empty blank page can scream at you. Deafening. How do we start? One word at a time. Slowly. Just look at the blank page, and conquer it. Write one word. It doesn’t have to be on a line, or small or big. It is just a word. It is your…

Writing is always fun...especially when you "write outside the box" as suggested by Jayne M. Rose-Vallee, author of the children's book "Dinosaurs Living in my Hair." Jayne has great fun living with her vivid imagination...share this video with your students. https://youtu.be/ESJMrImyGAM