Personal Narratives

What is a personal narrative?

• A personal narrative is an essay informing the audience.

• A true story about something that has happened in your life.

• A fictional story.

• A personal narrative is a five paragraph essay that is meant to argue a side.

What are the four characteristics of an effective personal narrative?

• 1. 1. Always starting with a lead.

  2. 2. Having made up characters

  3. 3. Dialogue

  4. 4. second person point of view

• 1. 1. having a protagonist

  2. 2. having an antagonist

  3. 3. introducing a setting

  4. 4. starting at the end of the story

• 1. 1. five paragraphs

  2. 2. dialogue

  3. 3. citing evidence

  4. 4. using transition words

• 1. 1. capture reader interest.

  2. 2. start in the midst of the action.

  3. 3. establish a point of view.

  4. 4. introduce characters and setting

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A personal narrative should...

• Focuses exclusively one experience.

• Takes place over the course of many days or weeks.

• Be a made up story that is not true.

• Be about something that happened to someone else.

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Two narrative techniques are...

• 1. 1. Jumping to different times in the story

  2. 2. Writing from 2nd person p.o.v

• 1. 1. Using dialogue

  2. 2. Sensory language

• 1. 1. Using someone else's experience

  2. 2. Writing in the first person

• 1. 1. Sensory Details

  2. 2. Using incorrect punctuation.

What is focus?

• When your story makes sense to you, but not someone else.

• Focus is when you pay attention to the some thing for a long time.

• Staying on topic and clearly expressing ideas.

• Writing about different stories at once.

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How do you conclude a personal narrative?

• With a reflection; what you learned or how you were affected.

• By restating the purpose of your writing.

• By saying "the end."

• Making sure to tell readers how you felt about the experience and if it was fun or not.

What are some elements of how to write a personal narrative? There is more than one answer!

• Write about yourself.

• Tell the story in your own words.

• Make it interesting!

• Make up a story that is NOT true.

What would you write about in a personal narrative?

• a. steps in a process

• b. your actions and feelings

• c. facts you have researched

• d. imaginary people

A personal narrative should not show any of your emotions.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.3.1A

There are six different types of leads for personal narrative writing... they are...

• Joke, Quote, Riddle, Dialogue, Summary, and Action

• Question, Statement, Fact, Statistics, Joke, and Quote

• Dialogue, Action, Setting, Facts, Questions, and Hook

• Dialogue, Descriptive, Question, Summary of Facts, Quotations, and Action/Anecdote

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