This video explores how Shakespeare uses characters, plot twists, and powerful speeches to delve into timeless themes in his plays. It highlights the theme of the greater good in Julius Caesar, focusing on Brutus' inner conflict between...

This video discusses the importance of outlining in the playwriting process. It highlights how outlining helps organize the story. It also touches on how outlining assists in planning settings and scene changes for effective stage design...

This video explores how authors manipulate time and use various techniques such as foreshadowing, flashbacks, and pacing to build tension and suspense in a story. By carefully crafting these elements, authors guide readers towards the...

This video explores the concept of intertwining plot lines in storytelling. The video highlights how authors can effectively bring together multiple plot lines, demonstrate character development, and convey the underlying themes of the...

This video explores the concept of bending time in storytelling through techniques such as flashbacks, flash-forwards, and foreshadowing. By delving into these narrative devices, it highlights how authors can add depth, mystery, and...

This video emphasizes the importance of conflict in creating an engaging and dynamic play. It highlights how conflict drives the plot, shapes characters, and reveals their true nature.

This video provides valuable tips for writers on creating impactful endings for their plays. By focusing on resolving conflicts, showing character growth, revealing themes, and ending with a dramatic punch, writers can leave a lasting...

The video provides a step-by-step guide on how to construct a compelling narrative by comparing it to climbing a mountain. It emphasizes the importance of structuring a story with key elements like exposition, rising action, climax,...

This video, entitled "Subplot Functions," explain what a subplot is in a story and the role it plays.

This video discusses the five key elements of a narrative plot, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. It also explores various types of conflicts that can drive a story, such as character versus...

This video, entitled "Translating Parallel Lines," demonstrates how a set of parallel lines can be translated on a coordinate plane.

A video entitled "Representing with Box Plots" that covers the process of constructing a box plot by hand.

A video entitled "Practical Examples" that covers transformations the result in similar figures, such as dilations and translations.

A video entitled "Graph Linear Intercepts" that covers the process of graphing a linear equation using its x- and y-intercepts.

Dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and incorporating multiple plot lines are narrative techniques writers use to add detail and depth to their stories. Understand each of these techniques and learn how to use them effectively in...

Howcast - Learn about the Book of Esther in this Howcast video with Reverend Dr. Timothy Coombs.

Howcast - In a world where audiences need entertainment, where Hollywood needs box-office receipts, and where you need something to do, there's only one solution: write a summer blockbuster.

Howcast - With this guide it's easy to choose a perfect movie for Valentine's Day to watch with your honey.

Howcast - Need to make fiction sound like fact? It only takes a few steps to spin a convincing yarn.

Howcast - Learn to write a children's picture book with these hints to enthrall and delight your own.

Pupil outcome: I can explore the story through discussing the characters, setting and plot. Key learning points: - ‘The Planet in a Pickle Jar’ is told through narrative writing and illustrations and it includes magical elements. - The...

Pupil outcome: I can listen to and respond to a story. Key learning points: - The plot is what happens in a story - Fiction stories can sometimes teach us about real life experiences, such as how to care for a pet - Illustrations, as...

Pupil outcome: I can write about something I am responsible for. Key learning points: - Re-reading a story can help to summarise the plot and remember the main events - A theme is a main idea in a story that often tries to teach the...

Pupil outcome: I can retell the plot of 'Into the Forest'. Key learning points: - ‘Into the Forest’ is a narrative fiction text written and illustrated by the author Anthony Browne. - The story is about a little boy who goes on a journey...