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Writing Narration and Description

Writing Narration and Description. Writer’s goal. Write about a significant event in your life Write so readers: Vividly relive the experience Learn something about you (and themselves). Key to success: Be passionate. Choose an experience from your life that still makes you: Happy Angry

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Writing Narration and Description

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  1. Writing Narration and Description

  2. Writer’s goal • Write about a significant event in your life • Write so readers: • Vividly relive the experience • Learn something about you (and themselves)

  3. Key to success: Be passionate • Choose an experience from your life that still makes you: • Happy • Angry • Humble • Afraid • Or some other strong emotion

  4. Think of it as a truth • We see ourselves in an earlier time, but we also see it in context of what we know today • We know more than what we see • Share that with the reader

  5. Is there an itch you need to scratch? • Start with what interests you, but ask: • Is there anything about this experience you want to understand better? • Does anything about it make you curious?

  6. Confused? Uncertain? • That’s a great place to start • You don’t have to have it figured out before you begin

  7. Dig deeper and ask: • Why did I do that? • What does it mean? • Why did it happen? • How did I really feel? • What do I really think about it?

  8. Include characters • Make people in your narrative come to life • Show their actions • Use their words • Be descriptive

  9. Create memorable description • Trigger senses • What did you see? • What did you hear? • Choose strong nouns, active verbs

  10. Guidelines for narrative essay • Choose a memory important enough to share • Remember a time you first discovered the world was stranger, more wonderful, more complex than you had though as a child.

  11. Focus on a moment or outcome • What led to this key moment? • How did others experience this? • What has time taught you? • What would you have changed?

  12. Think about purpose, audience • Why are you telling this story? • To entertain? • To remind? • To warn? • To challenge? • To persuade? • To encourage?

  13. Gather materials • To remember details, use: • Photos • Home videos • Letters • Conversation

  14. Write a first draft • Set the stage • Include dialogue • Build the plot • Express your feelings • Use transitions • Select verbs carefully

  15. Revision checklist • Did you focus on a specific incident or event? • Are there details, description, dialogue? • Is the significance clear? • Does the writing sound sincere, natural?

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