The document defines a paragraph as a group of related sentences that develop a unit of thought in a composition. It notes that the word "narrate" comes from the Latin verb meaning "to recount" and the adjective "gnarus" means "knowing" or "skilled." It also distinguishes between a narrative, which focuses on telling a fictional or real-life story following a plot structure, and a personal narrative, which is a true story relating and reflecting a writer's own life experiences.
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Lesson 3 narration.u
5. PARAGRAPH- a series of
sentence or a group of related
sentences forming and
developing a unit of thought as
a specific part of a composition
6. COMES FROM THE
LATIN VERB NARRE
MEANS TO RECOUNT
ADJECTIVE GNARUS
MEANS KNOWING OR
SKILLED
7. FOCUSES ON TELLING A FICTIONAL STORY OR A
REAL-LIFE STORY WHERE THE AUTHOR FOLLOWS A
PLOT STRUCTURE.
A PERSONAL NARRATIVE IS BASICALLY A TRUE
STORY THAT RELATES AND REFLECTS A WRITERS
LIFE.
THE STORY DOES NOT NECESSARILY REVOLVES TO
THE AUTHOR HIMSELF. HE CAN ALSO WRITE THE
LIFE OF A FRIEND OR A FRIENDS EXPERIENCE
WITHOUT HAVING LIVED THROUGH IT.