English Language: Narrative and Descriptive writing

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English Language: Narrative and Descriptive writing

Causes

  • Keep a tightly  focused structure. Remember it is short story!
  • Use direct speech to break up the narrative.
  • Grab your readers attention: you could start with a direct address to the reader, try a  description a an unusual character or create a fast- paced atmosphere.
  • Build tension from the start: use key words from the question and use rhetorical devices.
  • Words like ' screeched', 'dingy' and 'gloom' give a spooky sound to the writing.
  • Words like ' burst', ' sprinted' and 'chasing' makes the writing sound exciting and dramatic.
  • Also think about narrative viewpoint.
  • Use techniques like alliteration and repeating patterns to add rhythm.
  • Use figurative language, like similes and personification to make your text engaging.
  • Use visual imagery and perspective.
  • Try to make the ending as powerful as possible.

Effects

  • Use strong visual language to create an impression of a person or place.
  • Focus mostly on describing the object.
  • You need to have some structure in your writing.
  • You could start with a tiny detail than expand outwards.
  • Descriptions need detail: a character's physical features, personality, other features like habits and your personal opinion.
  • Remember the 5 senses.
  • Don't lose your focus.
  • Use figurative language.
  • Techniques to use:-metaphors-similes-alliteration-personification-adjectives-repetition-onomatopoeia-hyperbole (use these techniques engagingly)

Overall summary

Let your imagination flow but remember to make your writing original. Try and use your own experiences and personal knowledge in your writing. 

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Narrative and descriptive writing styles are commonly used in various genres. In direct narratives, the writer describes a specific subjective experience or event in detail whereas in descriptive writing, the writer paints a picture of an object or person.

Narrative and descriptive writing styles http://ask4essay.com/how-to-write-a-descriptive-essay/ have a lot of differences between them, but they also have a lot in common. Both require creativity and include many emotions. Narrative writers focus on the specific experience whereas descriptive writers focus more on the object itself.

Narrative style is commonly used to make people believe an experience they read about is true while descriptive style is mainly used for artistic purposes such as paintings and photography.

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