Mandi Gerland: Short Works of Fiction 2011

Narrative Paragraph Worksheet

1 Topic Sentence (actual or inferred) a) topic (the incident)________________________________________

b) controlling idea (opinion) _________________________________

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2 Background a) who ___________________________________________

b) where _________________________________________
c) when _________________________________________

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3) Body –The Story Events Details

a) Notes:

b) The Story:

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1) Conclusion Sentence a) restates topic sentence _____________________________________

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5) Comment -Why you are telling this story: a) what you learned, or
b) advice you’d like to give the reader, or
c) a prediction, or
d) a connection you made

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