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Fictional Narrative Basics - Description
Unit Completion Date: End of Week 5
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I usually separate out descriptive prose from three other types or modes of prose that appear in a story, and I am going to give you my definitions of the other three. From these, and from your classmates' examples, I want you to supply the fourth definition. Refer to your classmates' examples in your definition. Keep in mind also that none of these definitions is exclusive, and it is very often difficult to limn out which is the predominant mode in which a line operates.
Exposition: Prose that directly supplies information. Exposition as a mode of prose should not be confused with the Exposition phase of a profluent plot--although the profluent plot phases derives its name from its characteristic reliance on expository prose, the two are distinct usages of the word.
Narrative: (In most cases, narrative summary.) Prose that presents a sequence or profluence of events in a dramatic or chronological order, generally presented in a summation, to provide the reader with an understanding of precedents to current action in a story.
Dialogue: Prose that directly or indirectly reports spoken words of characters. In addition to developing the action and characters of the story, dialogue can also serve to supply the reader information, provide description or present a sequence of events.
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Please post this exercise in the "Description" section of the class craftbook.
Description Exercise 3 (Req.) - Submit Response
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