Narration is both
Oral and Written Communication skill. It is a sequence
of actions and events in the order in which they happen. The writer
or narrator uses the past tense to report
the events. When it involves a routine or a habitual activity, simple
present tense is used to narrate or write it. Simple future
tense also is used for narration.
Features of Narrative :
a) Real life or
imagined situation.
b) Setting or
background at the beginning of the narration.
c) It has a
beginning, a middle and a clear ending.
d) There are
characters (people who seem real or believable in fictional narrative).
e) Action and
events.
f) There is a point
of view of narrator
g) There is a
sequencing of events in the order of their occurrence in time.
h) Division into
paragraph.
i) Use of Past
Tense or Present Tense.
j) A variety of
sentences are used.
k) A various types
of vocabulary is used to avoid monotony.
Example :
1) Narrate the
routine work of your mother.
My
mother usually gets up at 5 O’clock in the morning. She takes bath and rouses
us from sleep. She, then, prepares tea and tiffin for me and my
father. After that, she makes my younger brother ready for school. She helps us
in our school study everyday at home. She takes care that we complete our
homework in time. She regularly attends parents’ meetings in our school. She
takes extreme care of all the members in our family.
2) Arrange the
sentences below in the right order to form a paragraph narrating how the Panchatantra came
to be written.
a. In ancient
India, there once lived a king named Amarshakti.
b. He had three
sons, all of them lazy and foolish.
c. Vishnu Sharma
was a wise old sage who lived in the forest.
d. The king had
every reason to be happy, but he was not so.
e. In despair the
king turned to his ministers for advice.
f. He was wise and
clever, rich and powerful.
g. They did not
want to learn, and nobody could teach them anything.
h. One of the
ministers suggested to the king that he should send for Vishnu Sharma and ask
him to teach his sons.
i. Vishnu Sharma
agreed to teach the princes, but he would not take any money.
j. He took them to
his forest home and told them wonderful tales.
k. The king sent
for him and offered him much wealth if he taught his sons to be clever and
wise.
l. These tales were
written down, many years later, in the form of five books that came to be known
as the Panchatantra.
m. The princes
listened with rapt attention and in six months were full of wisdom.
Ans.
In
ancient India, there once lived a king named Amarshakti. He was wise and
clever, rich and powerful. The king had every reason to be happy, but he was
not so. He had three sons, all of them lazy and foolish. They did not want to
learn, and nobody could teach them anything. In despair the king turned to his
ministers for advice. One of the ministers suggested to the king that he should
send for Vishnu Sharma and ask him to teach his sons. The king sent for him and
offered him much wealth if he taught his sons to be clever and wise. Vishnu Sharma
agreed to teach the princes, but he would not take any money. He took them to
his forest home and told them wonderful tales. The princes listened with rapt
attention and in six months were full of wisdom. These tales were written down,
many years later, in the form of five books that came to be known as the Panchatantra.
List the main events in the
life of one of your relatives, say a parent of grandparent, as in the sample
below. Use the outline to write a brief biographical narrative of the person.
Grandfather – born in 1940 in
Lahore – moved with parents to Delhi in 1947 – completed intermediate in 1957 –
joined father’s trading company in 1960 – took over from father in 1965
– got married a year later – opened two new offices in 1972 –
completed B. A. and M. A. in economics by 1978 – expanded business further and
opened offices in Dubai and Hong Kong – retired in January 2008 – presently
engaged in social welfare work.
Ans.
My
grandfather was born in 1940 in Lahore. He was the only son of his parents. He
moved with his parents to Delhi in 1947. He completed his intermediate
education in 1957 in Delhi. After the completion of his education upto
intermediate level, he joined his father’s trading company in 1960. He took
over the business from his father in 1965.
He got
married after one year. He opened two new offices of his company – one in
Chandigarh and another in Delhi in 1972. Although he was engaged in his
business he did not leave his education incomplete. He completed his B. A. and
M. A. in economics by the year, 1978.
He
further expanded his business and opened two more offices in other countries
– Dubai and Hong Kong. He put the responsibility of the business
upon the shoulder of my father and retired in January 2008. Presently,
he has been engaged in social welfare work.
