Exercise 2.1 Telling stories through narratives Humans have been telling stories ever since they first started to use language. Stories are an important part of all cultures and we encounter stories every day of our lives. The most common story is the narrative, and we read narratives in novels, short stories, children’s books, poems, newspapers and magazines. We also encounter them in conversation, in TV shows, in films, in computer games and in comic strips. Narratives tell stories in which people encounter a(1)_______or crisis that they need to overcome. Narratives are used to (2)________ lessons, to entertain and to (3)______ social values. Over the generations, narratives in English-speaking cultures have (4)________________ a particular structure.