Narrative Craft and Characterization · Narrative Reading
Show, Don't Tell
Using sensory details and indirect characterization to create vivid mental images for the reader.
Key Questions
- 1How can a writer reveal a character's internal conflict through outward actions?
- 2What is the impact of sensory imagery on the atmospheric mood of a story?
- 3Why is showing often more effective than telling in building reader empathy?
MOE Syllabus Outcomes
MOE: Writing and Representing - S3MOE: Narrative and Literary Techniques - S3
Level: Secondary 3
Subject: English Language
Unit: Narrative Craft and Characterization
Period: Narrative Reading
Suggested Methodologies
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