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e1215
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narrative-texts-types-of-texts-elementary
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English Language Arts
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What Are Narrative Texts?
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what-are-narrative-texts
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Narrative texts tell stories. They have a beginning, a middle and an end, and are organized as a series of connected events.

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Fiction vs. Nonfiction
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fiction-vs-nonfiction
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Narrative texts can be split into 2 broad categories: fiction and non-fiction.

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Comparison between fiction and non-fiction. Fiction is not real; it is imagined by the author but may be inspired by real people or events. Non-fiction is based in facts; it is researched or observed by the author and it recounts real events.
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Fiction stories
Not real
Imagined by the author
May be inspired by real events or people
Examples of fiction text types
Nursery rhymesFairy talesPoems
MythsLegendsShort stories
Chapter books & novelsComics
Non-fiction stories
Based in facts
Researched or observed by the author
Recount real events
Examples of non-fiction text types
BiographiesAutobiographiesMemoirs
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What Are the Features of Narrative Texts?
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what-are-the-features-of-narrative-texts
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Here are some of the key features of narrative texts.

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Summary of the features of narrative texts. There’s a plot, with a beginning, a middle and an end. There are characters: the ones illustrated are Little Red Riding Hood, a king and the Big Bad Wolf. There’s the setting that tells us where and when the story is taking place. There’s the narrator’s point of view that can be in the 1st person or in the 3rd person.
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PlotThe events that take place in the story
Has a beginning, a middle and an end
CharactersPeople, animals or creatures in the story
SettingWhere and when the story takes place
Narrator’s point of view
→ Who is telling the story		1st person uses I
3rd person uses he/she/they
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Common Elements Found in Narrative Texts
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common-elements-found-in-narrative-texts
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Here are some examples of common elements often found in narrative texts:

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Representations of common elements found in narrative texts. Themes are the illustrated speech bubbles coming out of a book, one with the picture of a family, one with people trying to make a human pyramid for teamwork and one with a scale for right and wrong. Conflict is illustrated by a person surrounded by red exclamation marks. Resolution is illustrated by a person surrounded by ideas in the form of light bulbs. Tone is illustrated by faces showing expressions of happiness, sadness and anger. Style is i
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ThemesCentral topic or message in the story
Lessons or morals that can be taken from the story
Examples: friendship, courage, identity
ConflictProblems or challenges the characters face
Key element to the plot
Examples: character vs. character, man vs. nature, character vs. society 
ResolutionSolutions to the conflict
At the end of the story
ToneMood of the story (funny, serious, scary…)
StyleAuthor’s choice of words
Author’s sentence structures
Use of figurative language
Author’s choice of themes
Title (level 2)
Narrative Texts at a Glance
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narrative-texts-at-a-glance
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Summary of the features and common elements found in narrative texts. Narrative texts can be fiction: texts that tell stories that are not real, or non-fiction: texts that tell stories based in facts. Summary of the features of narrative texts: there’s a plot, with a beginning, a middle and an end. There are characters, the ones illustrated are Little Red Riding Hood, a king and the Big Bad Wolf. There’s the setting that tells us where and when the story takes place. There’s the narrator’s point of view tha
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