Paige's Indian Epics

Writers Write the tone of your story is crucial tone conveys the entire attitude of the story the tone is not the same as voice voice is the personality tone is conveyed through diction tone should always be communicated clearly body language in stories makes the story come to life a good majority of communication is non verbal use body language in moderation try to avoid the word "very" there are 45 other words to use instead of very character traits are crucial when creating a character traits are formed by the behavior every character should have positive and negative traits

The Banyan Deer By: Ellen C. Babbitt describes main character details the characters description analogies to describe the appearance of the deer description of the setting introduces other characters states the problem of the story explains emotions of the characters introduces solution to problem describes actions of the king the deer come up with a solution kindess happens all deer are granted their life dialogue between animals and human the deer all live A mother deer and her baby.

How the Turtle Saved His Own Life By: Ellen C. Babbitt introduces character describes his actions sets up the setting describes the kings actions and why he did them use dialogue to describe emotions encounter something scary the king introduces solution to the problem dialogue to discuss the problem and solution trickery is used turtle tricks others the turtle is safe and the others were tricked Turtles in the lake