Class Notes- September 21 2012
Assignment rules:
Formal
o Staying in word count
o 12 pt
o Times new roman for font
o No title page
Content
o Examples
o Main features
o Following what was needed
o Following what shouldn’t be added
Peer Editing
• Find the fixable mistakes
• NEVER WRITE ON SOMEONE ELSES PAPER
• Constructive
• Think if this was your paper would you write this
• Use the peer editing skills for self-editing as well
Short Document Assignment
• 12pt
• Times new roman
• Double spaced
• Pages numbered except page 1.
The second page of the assignment
would be numbered 2 on top right.
• Word count
Narrative- a story-building something
Narration-telling of a story(incident of narrative)
Narrator-story teller (not an author) construction of language
Narrative voice-first person, second person, third person
First person
“I” “me” “we”
Interior voice
Limited
Closeness
Second person
“you”
DO NOT USE THIS
You have a hard time convincing the audience
Third person
"them” “he” “she”
Exterior voice
Unlimited
Broad reach
Beginning:
• Introduction
• Status quo
• One paragraph
Middle
• Rising actions
• Using beats
• Beats increase the interest
• Starting with the complication
• At least 2 beats
End
• Starting with the climax(story breaks)
• Conclusion
• New status quo
Proposal Assignment due Friday week 4
• Short document format
• 1 paragraph
• Explain what you want to write
• First person
• Beginning, middle, end
• Narrative voice, why it’s a better choice?
• Main characters + relationship
• 8-10 sentences
• Double space
• Groups posted on forum, meet 10 mins prior to read eachothers.
Narrative Assignment due Friday week 7
• 5-7 paragraphs
• 1000 word count
• Short document format
• Use of topics
• Use of beats
• Real life event into a fiction story
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