Narrative Writing
500-700 words

1. Narrative has a plot.
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2. Narrative has a point of view.

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3. Narrative has a setting.
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4. Narrative has a conflict.
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5. Narrative has an ending.
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6. Author uses descriptive language that shows rather than tells the events of the story.
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7. Includes dialogue (charactors talking) that uses quotation marks.
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8. Uses a thesaurus to replace at least 2 words with smarter words.
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9. Uses different kinds of sentences and does not repeat words.
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10. Excellent 5th Grade writing.


correct spelling/punctuation
correct grammar
complex and compound sentences

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