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ENG101_FA15
What is an antecedent?
Noun or pronoun that a pronoun refers to
Isabela gave her dog its bath.
Zack gave his sister her doll.
Newsletter Revisions
Newsletter Revisions
Newsletter Revisions
Newsletter Revisions
Narration Techniques
Purpose
Action
Conflict
Point of view
Key events
Dialogue
Ethics
Purpose
Action
Conflict
Point of View
First-person POV
Autobiographies
I, me, mine, we, ours
Third-person POV
Biographies, histories
Narrator remains unmentioned
He, she, him, her
Key Events
Dialogue
Enlivens action and draws reader into
story
Essential to illustrating purpose
Written conversation does NOT
duplicate real talk
Dialogue that reproduces real talk
weakens narrative
Use simple words, short sentences
Punctuate properly
Avoid over-repetition of he/she said
Ethics
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Tayah, Jocelyn, Kymmen - purpose
Andrew, Adam, John- action
Aliyah, Chamira, Tyrell, Randall - conflict
Zach, Chris, Mattie point of view
Kim, Josh, Jordan, Logan key events
Kamyn, Perri, Hannah, Jasmine W. - dialogue
Brock, Jasmine T., Elizabeth, Regan ethics