Narrative Spaces and Essential Grammar Rules

Narrative Spaces and Their Characteristics

Spaces are the environments where the action takes place in a story; they are the frame where incidents occur involving certain characters. There are several types of spaces.

Classification by Extension

• Macro-space: The general setting where the story unfolds.
• Micro-space: Individual sites where an action occurs.

Classification by Reality

• Real: Specific, recognizable places or cities.
• Evoked: Created from an existing model.
• Imagined: When you reference models that do not exist.

Descriptive Viewpoints and Styles

We can take an objective or subjective viewpoint, or a general or detailed description. Descriptions can be written or formal, informal and oral. They can be found in informative and argumentative texts and include:

• Title: The name of the object to describe.
• Introduction: Presentation of general characteristics.
• Body: Detailed description.
• Conclusion: A brief review and sometimes an opinion.

Frequent Connectors

• Enumerative: These enable you to arrange elements according to an order.
• Spatial: These indicate where items are located.

Grammar and Sentence Structure

Prepositions

Prepositions are invariable words that serve to relate words or groups of words; they function as sentence ties. They are classified into simple, compound, and prepositional phrases. They are required when providing a name or address and are used with a definite article. They are also used before demonstratives and specific numerical references.

Active and Passive Sentences

• Active sentences: The subject performs the action expressed by the active verb form.
• Passive sentences: The subject receives the action expressed by the verb in a passive form. The action is performed by a complement introduced by the preposition by.

The Subjunctive Mood

The subjunctive mood is a verbal mode used to express possible facts, doubts, and desires. It is used in negative imperative sentences, often involving pauses and changes in tone or voice to give meaning and a specific purpose to the message.

Linguistic Characteristics

• Sound: Characteristics of local speakers.
• Lexical: Use of colloquialisms and barbarisms.
• Syntactical: Changes in word order.