Descriptive vs. Narrative Writing Styles
Descriptive Vs Narrative
Writing
Writing Styles
Exposition:
Explaining an idea or concept.
Argument:
Proving a point.
Narrative:
Telling a story.
Description:
Presenting what is apparent to your senses
(describing).
Description
•
Description uses sensory detail
(sights, sounds, tactile sensations,
tastes and smells) to describe a
scene, person or feeling to a
reader.
•
As you describe, you create a
three-dimensional picture so your
reader can experience the item,
place, person or emotion along
with the reading.
•
Descriptive essay topics include
your favorite place, your
bedroom, your best friend, the
most unusual object you own, an
art exhibit, the best or worst
teacher you ever had, your ideal
job or dream home.
Narration
•
A narrative often reflects your
personal experience, explaining what
happened during some sort of
experience.
•
Stories are narrative, and narrative
essays have a similar purpose of telling
the events to a reader.
•
Narrative essay topics include
recounting an experience where you
learned something significant, your
first day at school, your first job
interview, a frightening encounter, an
experience that changed your life and
two differing versions of the same
event.
•
Narration is not always a personal
experience.
Similarities
•
Both narrative and descriptive essays should follow essay
format with an introductory paragraph, body paragraphs and a
concluding paragraph.
•
At the end of the introduction, place a thesis, a sentence that
explains the overall purpose of your paper.
•
You should give a reason for your narration or description in
that thesis, explaining why this event, person, place or thing is
important enough for you to write about.
•
The thesis might express that you are telling a story because
you learned something significant or that you are describing a
place that creates a sense of calm in your life.
•
In both narration and description, include specific details in
the body paragraphs to support the idea set forth in your
thesis.
Introduction
Descriptive Writing
•
Descriptive paper
introductions touch
directly on what the
subject to be discussed
in the whole paper.
•
The reader can definitely
guess what to expect
from treading the rest of
the paper.
Narrative Writing
•
Narrative essays are built
on suspense and as such
don’t really reveal what
to expect in the paper.
•
The reader has to go
down further to grasp an
idea of what the paper is
about.
Point of View
Descriptive
•
Descriptive ones are
written in the third person
as they involve the writer
describing another person,
place or object.
•
However, in some cases it
can take the first person.
•
This is of course when the
paper is about describing
yourself.
Narrative
•
Narrative ones are
written in the first
person using words like
"I" and "me,"
•
This is obviously because
they involve the
narration of a personal
experience from the
writer and as such the
writer is inside the story.
Paragraph structure
Descriptive
•
Descriptive papers have
relatively longer
paragraphs with each
containing a unique
description of the
character.
Narrative
•
Narratives can have two
one sentence
paragraphs.
•
There is also more use
of dialogue in narrative
papers than descriptive
papers.
Conclusion
Descriptive
•
Descriptive essay
conclusions are quite
long and most of the
time echo the impact of
the described person to
the writer.
Narrative
•
The concluding part in a
narrative can be as short
as a sentence and mainly
mentions a lesson learnt
Overall structure and technique
Descriptive
•
Descriptive essays are
presented in a
chronological manner so
that there is a consistent
sensible flow of events.
•
The writer can employ
the use of time features
such as foreshadow and
flashbacks regularly in
the writing.
Narrative
•
Narrative involves a
sequence of events.
•
The writer proceeds in a
chronological order
Delve into the nuances of descriptive and narrative writing, exploring the differences between these two styles. Learn how each style conveys information, from sensory details in descriptive writing to storytelling in narratives. Discover similarities between the two styles and how to structure essays effectively to engage readers.
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Descriptive VsNarrative Writing
Writing Styles Exposition: Explaining an idea or concept. Argument: Proving a point. Narrative: Telling a story. Description: Presenting what is apparent to your senses (describing).
Narration Description Description uses sensory detail (sights, sounds, tactile sensations, tastes and smells) to describe a scene, person or feeling to a reader. As you describe, you create a three-dimensional picture so your reader can experience the item, place, person or emotion along with the reading. Descriptive essay topics include your favorite bedroom, your best friend, the most unusual object you own, an art exhibit, the best or worst teacher you ever had, your ideal job or dream home. A narrative personal experience, explaining what happened during experience. Stories are narrative, and narrative essays have a similar purpose of telling the events to a reader. Narrative essay recounting an experience where you learned something significant, your first day at school, your first job interview, a frightening encounter, an experience that changed your life and two differing versions of the same event. Narration is not always a personal experience. often reflects your some sort of topics include place, your
Similarities Both narrative and descriptive essays should follow essay format with an introductory paragraph, body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph. At the end of the introduction, place a thesis, a sentence that explains the overall purpose of your paper. You should give a reason for your narration or description in that thesis, explaining why this event, person, place or thing is important enough for you to write about. The thesis might express that you are telling a story because you learned something significant or that you are describing a place that creates a sense of calm in your life. In both narration and description, include specific details in the body paragraphs to support the idea set forth in your thesis.
Introduction Descriptive Writing Descriptive introductions directly subject to be discussed in the whole paper. The reader can definitely guess what to expect from treading the rest of the paper. Narrative Writing Narrative essays are built on suspense and as such don t really reveal what to expect in the paper. The reader has to go down further to grasp an idea of what the paper is about. paper touch the on what
Point of View Descriptive Narrative Narrative written person using words like "I" and "me," This is obviously because they involve narration of a personal experience writer and as such the writer is inside the story. Descriptive written in the third person as they involve the writer describing another person, place or object. However, in some cases it can take the first person. This is of course when the paper is about describing yourself. ones are ones the are first in the from the
Paragraph structure Descriptive Narrative Descriptive papers have relatively paragraphs containing description character. Narratives can have two one paragraphs. There is also more use of dialogue in narrative papers than descriptive papers. longer each unique sentence with a of the
Conclusion Descriptive Narrative Descriptive conclusions long and most of the time echo the impact of the described person to the writer. The concluding part in a narrative can be as short as a sentence and mainly mentions a lesson learnt essay quite are
Overall structure and technique Descriptive Narrative Descriptive presented chronological manner so that there is a consistent sensible flow of events. The writer can employ the use of time features such as foreshadow and flashbacks regularly in the writing. Narrative sequence of events. The writer proceeds in a chronological order essays in are involves a a
