recounting a personal experience.pptVIP

What is personal experience narration? Select the details Organization Introduction: Show the setting (WHERE, WHEN and WHO) Indicate or imply the theme Development: Action 1 → Action 2 → Action 3… Conclusion: Restate the theme * Observe life Tell what happened to us Sift through memory How can we write a good personal experience paper? theme Determine a Ask ourselves the questions: What is my purpose in telling the experience? What does the experience mean to me? What emotional or intellectual message do I intend to convey through the account of the event? significance “Salvation” Langston Hughes(1902- 1967) was one of the best known black American writers of his time, active in almost every type of writing from newspaper columnist to playwright to poet to novelist. The story is taken from his autobiography The Big Sea (1940). sin: original sin, proneness to commit sin which, Christians believe, is part of our inheritance revival: a meeting or series of meetings, characterized by public confession of sins, to awaken the religious fervor among those who have been indifferent to religion to bring the young lambs to the fold: a Biblical reference meaning to bring the children under the protection and guideness of God Holy Ghost: also called Holy spirit, is said to be one of the three aspects of one God (the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) Visiting the Great Wall was an experience that I will never forget. My first date was an embarrassing experience. My first day in kindergarten was one of the scariest days in my life. One winter evening in our school gymnasium I learned the importance of teamwork in basketball. The thesis statements Select the details that are most relevant to the theme and exclude any details that do not relate to the significance we are conveying to the reader. Pace the d