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.