NARRATIVE WITH ASSESSMENT INDICATORS
AS A MAJOR DISCOURSE
NARRATIVE
Narration literally means
to tell a story making use of descriptive language to create a clear picture in
reader’s mind of what is being described. It should have a plot, setting and
characterization, there might be some open end.
Types of Narrative
There are many types of
narrative. They can be imaginary, factual or a combination of both. They may
include fairy stories, mysteries, science fiction, romances, horror stories,
adventure stories, fables, myths and legends, historical narratives, ballads,
slice of life, personal experience.
ASSESSMENT INDICATORS FOR A NARRATIVE
1. Containing a sequence of events and
dialogues.
2. Evoking sensory perceptions and
images.
3. Evoking emotions.
4. Writing about setting and other
details.
5. Writing characterization.
6. Maintaining coherence.
7. Reflecting point of view.
8. Using well-formed constructions.
9. Maintaining conventions of writing –spelling.
10. Using proper punctuations.
A good narration includes….
A
plot.
A certain theme.
Sensory perceptions.
Variety beginnings in sentences with
adverbs, adjectives (happily reached home)
Begins with participles (Creeping all the
way I reached the bus stop)
Metaphor (The boy has eyes like an eye of
an eagle)
Onomatopoeia (The bus tires whir on the
road)
Personification (The cool wind limped
across my face)
Rhetorical questions (How rigorous if we
travelled in a bus with no window panes in chilled weather?)
1.
How do you begin a story?
2.
What is the plot of the story?
3.
Who are the characters in the story?
4. What is the location where the story
began?
5. Why did the emperor ask Mahesh to
visit his palace?
6. When and why did Mahesh go the emperor’s
court?
7. Who did he meet at the gate of the
fort?
8. What was the condition laid by the
guard to allow him to enter?
9. How did the emperor realize the
bullying of the guard?
10. What was the result?
11. Do you maintain the coherence?
12. Do you use well formed sentences?
13. Do you maintain conventions of
language?
THE STORY OF HOW BIRBAL CAME TO AKBAR’S
COURT
Emperor Akbar loved to go
hunting. On one such trip, he came across a young man named Mahesh Das. In the meeting
that occurred, the Emperor was extremely impressed by the wit of Mahesh Das. He
gave Mahesh Das his ring and asked him to come and visit him in his palace at
any time.
A few years later Mahesh
Das decided to try his luck in the city and to take the emperor up on his offer.
He reached the city of Agra where Emperor Akbar had his fort on the banks of
the Yamuna River. At the gate of the fort he was greeted by the guards. He told
them that he had come to visit with the emperor. The guards looked at him in
disdain (since he was not very well dressed) and asked him why they should let
him in. He showed them the ring that was given to him by the emperor as proof.
One of the guards realized that this individual obviously was of importance to the
emperor and gave him permission to enter, based on one condition: the young man
would share half of what he received from the emperor with the guard. Mahesh
Das promised to do so and was given access into the court of Emperor Akbar.
He bowed to the emperor
as he went in and showed him the ring. The reputedly benevolent Emperor Akbar recognized
the ring and the young man and immediately offered him anything he wanted. The
young man thought a while, and asked the emperor for fifty lashes of the whip.
The emperor was amazed but he knew that Mahesh Das was a very astute young man
and asked him for his reason for his wish. Mahesh Das revealed to the emperor
that the deal that he had made with the guard outside the fort. The emperor was
thoroughly amused and angry at the same time. He awarded the fifty lashes to the
guard for his impertinence and his habit of bullying people. He rewarded Mahesh
Das by including him in his court and giving him all the comforts he could
desire. He also bestowed on him the name of Birbal. Till this day, stories of
Birbal’s wit are told to children in India.
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