Narration

 

           The first time I remember feeling jealous was many years ago when I was three or four. I had been carefully choosing the right crayons to color pictures in a new coloring book on the floor in the dining room.  Satisfied that I had done a good job, I wanted to show my masterpieces to my mother, who was busy with morning chores in the kitchen. My father, too, might like the pictures, but he was sleeping. So into the kitchen I went carrying the new pictures. I found my mother there, but to my dismay, she was not waiting to ¡°ooh¡± and ¡°aah¡± at my artwork. Instead, she was in the arms of this man, who was kissing her. My attempt to interrupt this nonsense was met by, ¡° We¡¯re busy, can¡¯t you see?¡± from my father. There was no response from that woman that woman who preferred him to me, that nonsense to my masterpieces. I ran to my room broken-hearted.   

 

1. Narration tells a story by carefully choosing the details to make a point. Does this paragraph paint a picture of jealousy that you understand?

2. Is there a topic sentence here? If so, which sentence is it?

3. Which detail (which sentence) does not seem particularly relevant to the paragraph? Can it be omitted? Why or why not?

4. In terms of organization, the essential characteristic of a narrative is that events are in chronological order or the order in which they happened. Without looking back, can you relate the events of this narrative paragraph in order?



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