演示_Writing_a_narrative_essay.ppt

Bye ! Writing a Narrative Essay -How to Write About Personal Experiences Unit 3, Book 2, P56-58 What is narration? The narrative essay tells a story (personal, true, imaginative).  For most personal experience essays, use simple past or past continuous tense. If something happened previous to the personal experience, use past perfect. What is the tense? What is the “point of view”? Narrative essays are generally written in the first person, that is, using I.“ However, third person (he, she, or it“, “they”) can also be used. What is the order of narration? A narration is A flashback is Narration interspersed with (散布) flashbacks is 1. When a short part of a story goes back to events in the past: 2. when sometimes the flashbacks and the present alternate (交替出现) through the story. 3. usually organized in the order in which incidents actually occurred. 3 1 2 倒叙 记叙 插叙 An Outline for Narration Writing I. Introduction Establishes the plot ( setting, characters, and time period ) II. Body First major event Second part of the story Third part … Climax, the high point in the narrative Resolution in which the conflict / tension is resolved. III. Conclusion What is the moral of the story? What conflict / tension does a story have? Man vs. Nature (Day After Tomorrow) Man vs. Man (You’ve got mail) Man vs. Society (1984) Man vs. Himself (A Beautiful Mind) Conflict / tension of a story Example Analysis In 1989, fresh out of school, I had the intimidating task of choosing a career path before college started in three months. In those days in Pakistan, there were limited options: become a doctor or an engineer, or enter the corporate world after getting a business degree. I wasn’t interested in engineering, so that left medicine or business. I couldn’t decide. -- At Life’s Crossroads, Para 1 Resolution of the conflict / tension Example Analysis I knew what I wanted to do for the rest