Unit One: Narration

1. Introduction

     In narration, the writer tells a story about a series of events. That may

sound easy, but storytelling isn’t as easy as it sounds. First, the writer has

to tell the story clearly enough for the reader to follow what happened

when. Second, the writer has to tell the story dramatically enough to keep

the reader’s attention and interest. One way to keep a reader’s attention is

by describing the people and places in the story vividly.

      Generally, narratives are told chronologically, and they answer the six

basic journalistic questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?

Narration often uses the first person (I, we) because the writer is recounting

personal experience.