What are the advantages of using narrative text?

In an essay of 1,250-1,500 words, discuss and present the following:

Define narrative literature.

Investigate the possible uses of narrative literature as it applies to middle-school language arts and/or content-area classrooms.

What are the advantages of using narrative text?

What are the disadvantages of using only narrative text? Propose five possible uses for narrative literature in a middle-school language arts and/or content-area classroom.

Construct a graphic organizer for use with narrative text within your practicum activities.

Support all of your ideas with citations from your readings.Cite a minimum of five academic sources.

Text reference:

http://www.adlit.org/article/39884/

http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Planning-for-my-students-needs/Resources-research-and-professional-support/Features-of-text-forms/Narrative

http://www.textproject.org/assets/tds/text-complexity-and-the-ccss/module-4/Module%204-Words%20in%20Narrative%20and%20Informational%20Texts-Instructor.pdf