Narratio Exercise

NARRATIO EXERCISE

1. What is your issue?

2. What is the situation of the issue—the situation where people are faced with a decision?

Place:

Time:

People:

3. What caused the people to get into that situation?

What caused that?

(repeat as necessary)

4. Decide how many causes you need in your chain of events. Then number the bottom one as #1, the next above it is #2, the next above it is #3, etc. all the way up the page. The last number will be your issue at the top--where your character has to make a decision.

5. Then move this list into your Arrangement worksheet with #1 at the top, then 2, then 3, etc.

Examples

Below are 3 examples as they would appear on the outline.

Whether Tom should explore in the cave with Becky

II. Narratio

A. Tom Sawyer, Missouri, adventurous boy (actors and setting)

B. likes Becky Thatcher, judge’s daughter (event which leads to C.)

C. Sunday School picnic chance to impress her (event which leads to D.)

D. Chance to be alone and look for bats (event which leads to situation of issue)

Whether Atticus should defend Tom Robinson

II. Narratio

A. Maycomb, Alabama 1930s, setting

B. Tom Robinson, black man accused of raping a white girl, Mayella Ewell

C. Court appoints Atticus as Tom’s attorney

D. Opinion of town unfavorable toward the Finches

Whether Edmund should follow the White Witch

II. Narratio

A. Narnia, Edmund, pale icy lady

B. Edmund follows Lucy through door

C. Cold, lost, hungry

D. Meets stranger riding in sled

This is where narratio appears on your outline:

Lesson Seven Arrangement TemplateComplete Persuasive Essay With Narratio

Replace the lines in the template below that have an asterisk with the information from your Arrangement Worksheet.

I. Exordium *

II. Narrative

A. Event 1*

B. Event 2*

C. Event 3*

D. Event 4*

III. Division

A. Agreement *

B. Disagreement

1. Affirmative *

2. Negative *

C. Distribution

1. Thesis *

2. Enumeration *

3. Exposition *

IV. Proof
A. Proof 1 *

1. Support one for proof 1 *

2. Support two for proof 1 *

3. Support three for proof 1 *

B. Proof 2 *

1. Support one for proof 2 *

2. Support two for proof 2 *

3. Support three for proof 2 *

C. Proof 3 *

1. Support one for proof 3 *

2. Support two for proof 3 *

3. Support three for proof 3 *

V. Refutation

A. Counter-Thesis *

B. Reason 1 *

1. Summary of support for reason 1 *

2. Inadequacy of reason 1 *

C. Reason 2 *

1. Summary of support for reason 2 *

2. Inadequacy of reason 2 *

D. Summary of Refutation *

VI. Conclusion

A. One-Sentence Recapitulation

1. Thesis *

2. Summary of Proof

a. Proof 1 *

b. Proof 2 *

c. Proof 3 *

B. Amplification

1. To whom it matters *

2. Why it matters to that person or group *