[Narration] is based on the retelling of an event or idea that occurred to you in a [descriptive] form. It’s something everybody uses in day-to-day life without even thinking about it. Whether it’s what happened to you at a party or describing an assignment from school, you’re always using narration to get your point across.

Narration uses more than just straightforward [arguments] to [develop] a point. It involves making the reader – in the case of an [essay], for example – relate and identify with the story instead of driving an [explicit thesis]. Through personal relation, it can be one of the most [evocative] [methods of development].

There are three major choices that are involved in writing narration, these are:

[Choice of scope].

This is where the story is being identified in a specific [point in time]. It includes only the ideas and events that carry any significance in the sense of the story. A more effective piece can be written by excluding all of the parts that may not have complete relevance to the period in which your writing takes place.
[Choice of detail].

This involves placing specific details only the in the points where they would be most effective in revealing the main purpose and sentiment of the narrative. By ridding the [unimportant details], the reader is given a far better, relatable text that they can, themselves, experience.
[Choice of connections].

This is the use of signals that give the reader a better sense of time and experience by using phrases like “then”, “at first”, “next”, and “immediately.” Any combination of these words throughout the [narrative] give better [flow] and overall a more desirable effect for the writing.

This was written for my grade 12 English class. Various groups were doing presentations on the different methods of development in writing. I wrote this specifically as a handout that would be given to the class before the presentation.

[Node your homework].

Narration (idea)