PICTURE STUDY
Narrative writing are stories. All stories must have these important elements.
Write a story based on the picture below. Give your story a suitable title. (120-150words)
Make a plan
Strategies that help develop a plan/ identify the elements of the story.
The Five w’s. We can use question words to help us to generate ideas when writing a
composition based on a picture.
Question Story Element Description
Word
Person, animals or things in a
Who? Characters
story
( along with identifying the
character / characters, there
may be a description and
quality of the character)
Where? Time or place a story takes
Setting
When? place
(the setting of a story can also
be highlighted through visual
representation of the place as
well as the era (clothing worn
etc)
What? Plot (events in the story which
includes the conflict /
problem)
How? Plot and partly
(these questions connect the
Resolution
conflict and the resolution)
Why? This question tailors the
Resolution
ending of the story (whether
positive or ending)
or
Hints for writing your Composition
1. Have an interesting beginning
2. Ensure that you write at least three paragraphs.
3. Connect your ideas by using transition words.
4. Plan your story ensuring that you have all the elements.
5. Be careful with your Tenses
(Present, Past, Future, Continuous)
1. Ensure to give your Composition a Title.
Paragraphing
Paragraph 1 – Introduction
Setting
Paragraph 2 - Development –
Events that take place in the story
Here you will give much details about the plot and include the conflict (problem) in the story.
Use transition words such as first, next, finally.
Paragraph
3 - Ending
It should state the outcome of your story or say how the problem is solve
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