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Autobiographical N arrative. Due Tuesday 9/27. What is it?. A story about an event in YOUR life. Choose an event that CHANGED you… . Ingredients:. A clear sequence of events involving YOU A conflict or problem (major or minor) Effective descriptions of people, places, and events
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Autobiographical Narrative Due Tuesday 9/27
What is it? • A story about an event in YOUR life. • Choose an event that CHANGED you…
Ingredients: • A clear sequence of events involving YOU • A conflict or problem (major or minor) • Effective descriptions of people, places, and events • DIALOGUE to show (not tell) • The insight you gained from the experience
How do I do this? • Devise a plan – use a plot map to identify the IMPORTANT events in a LOGICAL order • Identify the CLIMAX beforehand so you can BUILD up to that part of your story
How will it be graded? • ON TIME with PROPER HEADING / HEADER • (1) imagery / description (diction) • (2) varied sentence structure / length (syntax) • (3) dialogue
HINTS • NOOOOOOO printer issues allowed • An example and more information is on your textbook pages 100 to 104 • We’ll be in the lab Thursday and Friday – there we’ll create a template