Personal+Narrative

=Personal Narrative= ** A personal narrative is a story about an event in your life told from your own point of view. This will be the first major essay grade of the semester, which will include first draft, peer review, and a final draft. ** · ** Shows the event/memory- doesn’t just tell about it- through description of character and setting, description of action, and/ or dialogue ** · ** Develops the characters/ people in the narrative ** · ** Has obvious significance/ lesson for writer ** · ** Has an interesting title ** · ** Has an engaging beginning and ending ** · ** Uses transitions which are logical and easy to follow ** · ** Is skillfully edited and proofread with few, if any, run-ons, fragments, or spelling errors ** · ** IS A MINIMUM OF TWO PAGES FOR THE FIRST DRAFT ** **__ YOU MUST HAVE FIRST DRAFT COMPLETE IN ORDER TO DO A PEER REVIEW WITHOUT GETTING A LATE GRADE. __**
 * Start by choosing a significant even in your life that had a profound effect upon you. It might be from childhood or from later years, but it should be an incident that had so much significance for you that you will long remember it. **
 * In addition to the significance of the event, the narrative will be a powerful piece because of all the literary devices that you will use to SHOW your reader, rather than TELL the surroundings and importance of the event. **
 * A strong narrative: **
 * First Draft Due: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23- periods 1,3,5 **
 * FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24- period 6 **