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Writers use ___________ language to communicate what they want their readers to experience. Sensory language—language that relates to the five senses—can be used to describe what is going on in the story’s ___________.
The most common sensory language writers use describes what can be _________. Details that focus on _________ help the reader to picture events in the story.
To make the narrative stronger, writers might close their eyes and imagine being inside an event in the story. They might focus on how the event _________. They might think of the _________, or how things would _________. Imagining an experience will let the writer choose more precise, vivid sensory language. Those word choices will help readers ___________ the story more fully.
vivid, setting, seen, visuals, sounds, smell, taste, touch, experience
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Pacing is the speed at which a story unfolds. The action in a story can be fast, slow, or somewhere in between. Different parts of a narrative can have a different _________.
Writers can also change a story’s pacing by varying ___________ . Longer sentences cause the pacing to slow down. Shorter sentences help to speed up the action.
For an event that is more exciting, a writer may choose to use shorter sentences. This lets the reader feel the excitement by reading at a _________ _________.
For an event that is more serious or slow, a writer may choose to use long sentences so that the reader slows down and thinks about what is going _________.
___________, the moments of a story when the author shows what is happening in a character's mind, is another way that a writer can impact the pacing. The more a writer has a character _________ on what is going on, the longer the story may seem.
pace, sentence structure, quicker pace, on, internal monologue, reflect
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The way an author develops, organizes, and tells or writes a narrative can be described as the author’s _________.
Authors usually write in a particular style based on the audience. An author’s __________ is the person or people who are going to read the story.
Authors also write with a _________, or a reason why the story is being told.
Narrative writers must know their _________, or what kind of writing they plan to produce. How long should the story be? What type of story is it?
It is important for writers to identify and understand their audience as well as their purpose for writing so that they can develop and organize their writing appropriately. Understanding audience and purpose can help identify the writer’s _________.