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Narrative Text

What is narrative text? Fiction or nonfiction text that tells a story and typically has a beginning, middle, and end

New to teaching narrative text? Start with this overview.

Looking for teaching materials? Explore all our resources for narrative text below.

Boy standing in front of the classroom with teacher talking about a book.
Photo by Beth Pezzoni

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