Storytelling is an art form that is ancient enough to retain our culture and tradition. The story is easily understood by everyone, regardless of language, hometown, or heritage.
There are various reasons for telling a story –it can be for entertainment, sharing the message, educating, etc. Stories stimulate the imagination and bring people, groups, or communities together.
Below are the three components that make up a good story:
Now that you are familiar with the important components of the story. Let’s learn about how to tell a story.
Follow these do’s and don’ts to share a captivating story.
Tell A Story In English
Do's | Don'ts |
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i. Know the audience to whom you will narrate or tell the story. | Use any technical or literary terms, as it might be difficult for the listener to understand. |
ii. Have a proper outline for your story. You should know the story plot well. | Make the characters overtly perfect. |
iii. Make room for imagination. | Make the story complex. |
iv. Use the first person. Examples are ‘I’, ‘Me’, etc. You would like the audience to relate to you, and first-person narration will help with that. | Tell somebody else’s story without their consent. |
v. Tell the story in chronological order. | Get personal. It is fine to express your emotions but don’t go overboard with it. |
Sample Story
You can use the sample story below for storytelling.
The Boy Who Cried “Wolf”
Once upon a time, there was a boy who was bored with his usual chores of grazing his sheep on the hillside. Once, he cried out for fun, “Wolf! Wolf! the wolf is chasing the sheep!”
The villagers heard the cry and soon came running up the hill to the boy to drive the wolf away. But the moment they arrived, they saw no wolf. The boy was amused when he looked at the villager’s angry faces. One of the villagers said, “Don’t scream wolf, boy, when there is no wolf”, warned the villagers angrily and went back down the hill. Later, the shepherd boy cried again, “Wolf! Wolf! the wolf is chasing the sheep!”
The villagers came running up the hill again to scare the wolf away, but as they saw there was no wolf, they strictly gave him a warning “not to call wolf when there is no wolf”. They went back, grumbling down the hill once again.
Later, the boy saw a real wolf sneaking around his flock. He quickly jumped and cried out loud, “Wolf! Wolf! But the villagers ignored him and thought that he was again fooling him and didn’t come up to help.
In the evening when all the villagers went looking for the boy who didn’t return with the sheep. When they went up the hill to check, they saw the boy crying, “there was a wolf here! the flock is all gone !”I cried out to the wolf and no one came to help,” he wept.
A man went to console him and said “no one believes a liar even if he is telling the truth”.
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