How to Write a Narrative Essay

Sometimes a new experience can become an interesting story. Write a story about the first day at a new school.  Make sure your story has a beginning, middle, and end.

• Narrative Essay

• Opinion Essay

• Explanatory Essay

• Text Dependent Analysis

TDA, Opinion, Explanatory, and Narrative essays should ALL be at least

• 5 paragraphs

• 2 paragraphs

• 0 paragraphs

• 5 sentences

In brainstorming for a narrative what elements do you brainstorm?

• Setting, character, conflict, point of view, resolution, what happens, theme

• Setting, character, conflict, point of view, resolution, theme

• Setting, character, conflict, point of view, resolution, what happens, climax

• Dialogue, Setting, conflict, point of view, resolution, what happens, theme

Before you begin to write, you should include a

• Engaging beginning

• Set the scene

• Develop the character

• Resolution

• Title

You begin you narrative with a(n)

• Engaging beginning

• Set the scene

• Develop the character

• Resolution

• Theme

The second and third part of your narrative where you show don’t tell are

• Engaging beginning

• Set the scene

• Develop the character

• Resolution

• Theme

Which words tell you it is a narrative prompt?

• Write an original story...

• Analyze the theme...

• Create an argument about which claim is stronger...

• None of these. 

What is the primary purpose of a narrative essay?

• To inform the reader about a specific topic

• To tell a story or recount an event

• To persuade the reader to accept a viewpoint

• To analyze a piece of literature

Which of the following is a key element of a narrative essay?

• Statistical data

• Character development

• Logical arguments

• Historical facts

In a narrative essay, what is the role of the setting?

• To provide background information

• To introduce the main argument

• To create a mood or atmosphere

• To present factual evidence