A narrative is a story A narrative essay is a story that has a specific point

-A narrative essay strives to teach a lesson or - A narrative essay strives to make a specific point - A narrative essay is a diary entry the story is linked to the purpose of the essay

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What Should Be Included in a Narrative Essay?

Often written in 1st person I or we because it is based on a personal story Can also be written in 3rd person
Can never be written in 2nd person Has specific sensory details to get the reader hooked on the story Is developed in chronological order Has verbs that help paint a picture and draw in the reader

a genre of essay that asks the student to describe an object, person, place, experience, emotion, situation......

uses tools such as denotative language, connotative language, figurative language, metaphor, and simile to arrive at a dominant impression

Determining the purpose, considering the audience, creating a dominant impression, using descriptive language, and organizing the description are the rhetorical choices to be considered when using a description

xample of Essay Titles

* the importance of sports * the importance of authors in a country * what makes a good job? * In what senses are modern employees exploited? * How does travel broaden the mind?

 States the main idea of the essay

In narrative essays, they introduce the action that begins in the first paragraph of the essay.

Introduction Paragraph:
Hook something that gets the reader interested. Question, description, Statement, statistic, fact. Etc. Connecting info from the hook to the main topic/ background information. Give the thesis statement with 3 clear points of development. Thesis Statement = The main idea statementwith three points of development.

Body Paragraphs
Purpose
The body paragraphs in your essay support the main idea in your thesis statement by breaking it down into smaller ideas or subtopics. Ideas in your paragraphs should relate back to the thesis statement.

Essay Introduction & Thesis Statement Body Paragraph 1 Body Paragraph 3 _____________ Body Paragraph 4 _____________ Body Paragraph 5 _____________

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Body Paragraph 2 _____________

The conclusion paragraph in an essay of literary analysis functions as follows:

It finishes off the essay and tells the reader where the writer has brought them. It restates the thesis and contains echoes of the introduction and body paragraphs without listing the points covered in the essay. It creates a broader implication of the ideas discussed and answers the questions: so what? Or why do we care?

Topic Sentences
Definition

Every paragraph should have a topic sentence. This is the most important sentence because it expresses the main idea of the paragraph.

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