Steps for Narrative Essay

Sensory details use the (a)   senses (use a number, not a word)

Show not tell means to...

• bore the reader with a lot of words

• make the reader see in their mind what you are writing

• tell the reader what they should think

• make ther reader guess what you mean

What is a way to show someone is scared?

• Tell them they are scrared

• "they were biting their nails"

• Write about what is scary

• Make them guess

Sensory details, show not tell, and _________ are 3 things to do in narrative writing

• figurative language

• bore the reader

• tell the reader what they should think

• make the story confusing

your first sentence, the HOOK, should be....

• boring so the reader falls asleep before they finish the first paragraph

• interesting so the reader wants to keep reading

• confusing so the reader doesn't know what to expect

• about something else you might write about another day

The last paragraph is called the ______________

• conclusion

• introduction

• body

• thesis