Do you have an experienceworth sharing with othersalthough it happened in anordinary place or time?

In this lesson, you will learnmore storytelling techniques andenjoy telling your story inspeaking.

QUESTION1. What familiar event is

mentioned in the narrative?

2. What familiar places are named?

3. What familiar objects are mentioned?

4. Which sentences tell how the writer feels during the experience?

5. Does the concluding sentence bring the story to a definite end?

6. How would you classify the narrative?

ANSWERS

QUESTION1. What familiar event is mentioned

in the narrative?

2. What familiar places are named?

3. What familiar objects are mentioned?

4. Which sentences tell how the writer feels during the experience?

5. Does the concluding sentence bring the story to a definite end?

6. How would you classify the narrative?

ANSWERS1. A scene in an airport’s departure

area.

2. Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Quezon City, Los Angeles.

3. bags, boarding passes, luggage

4. Terror swept through me. I felt nauseous. “I, I can’t do it!“

5. It implies that the couple was not able to get back the luggage before the plane took off.

6. Funny, humorous

1. What did the writer feel when he was about toboard the plane?

2. What is the focus of the narrative? Does the writerconcentrate on one event?

3. What vivid words and statements relating to herfeelings are used by the writer?

1. Write about an event that is familiar to your reader. Afamiliar event enables your reader to relate himself withyou, the writer. Use names of people and places.

2. Talk about your feelings during the experiences. Thismakes your story real.

3. Narrate the events in order and include only events thatare relevant to the story.

4. Avoid giving away the substance of your narrative atthe start.

5. Include the dialog of the characters. Direct quotes makeyour story real.

6. Let your story flow swiftly by using only visual andspecific language .

7. End your story.