Writing & Rhetoric Book 3: Narrative II (Student Edition)

A one-semester course for grades 4 or 5 and up In the award-winning Writing & Rhetoric series, author Paul Kortepeter has thoughtfully and creatively recovered the proven method of the progymnasmata, a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric. Writing & Rhetoric Book 3: Narrative II (Student Edition) is the third book in this 12-book series. Narrative II exposes students to new genres of story, including historical narrative and legend. It includes a variety of culturally important examples. All of the skills practiced in Narrative I are extended and new skill sets are introduced, including identifying the difference between fact and opinion and learning to ask the five W's of a historical narrative: who, what, when, where, why. Lessons include: How to define and identify types of narrative How to outline stories How to get a story off the ground How the protagonist and antagonist develop the central story conflict How to discern the difference between