Drafting a Personal Narrative
Overview:
We each have significant events or “chapters” that make up our lives and have helped shape who we are becoming. A personal narrative is an essay in which you tell the story of one of those important memories, lessons or events. Your narrative, will include characters, a series of related events (plot) and a setting. Beyond just explaining what happened, however, an excellent personal narrative also reflects on what the incident meant to you then and what it means to you now (In other words, WHY is this memory worth writing about? What happened to you, your life and/or your sense of self as a result of it?).
Writing directions:
Choose ONE of your “Chapter Titles” and tell the story behind it.
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The introduction is somewhat engaging and sets the scene for a specific situation.
The introduction sets the scene for a specific situation.
The introduction fails to set a scene or is omitted altogether.
Point of View
A unique point of view is clearly established and maintained.
A clear point of view is established and maintained.
A point of view is established and maintained, with occasional lapses.
The point of view is not always clear. The events do not appear in a clear
Sequence of events
The events appear in a clear sequence and build toward a particular outcome.
The events appear in a clear sequence and mostly combine to build toward a particular outcome.
The events appear mostly in sequence, although some events may not belong, and some events that would clarify the narrative do not appear.
The events do not appear in a clear sequence, and events that would clarify the narrative may not appear.
Conclusion
The conclusion follows from and reflects on the rest of the narrative.
The conclusion follows from the rest of the
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The conclusion does not follow from the narrative or is omitted altogether.
Evidence and Elaboration
Narrative Elements
Dialogue, pacing,reflection, and description adeptly move the narrative forward.
Dialogue, reflection, and description move the narrative forward. Some dialogue, reflection, or description is used in the narrative.
Appropriate narrative techniques such as dialogue, pacing, or reflection, are not used.
Sensory Details (concrete nouns)
Precise details and vivid sensory language give readers a clear picture of events.
Precise details and some sensory language give readers a clear picture of events.
Some details and one or two examples of sensory language are included.
Details are vague or missing. No sensory language is included.
Language and Conventions
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The text employs standard English conventions of usage and mechanics consistently and accurately.
The text generally employs standard English conventions of usage and mechanics.
The text inconsisently employs standard English conventions of usage and mechanics.
The text does not employ standard English conventions of usage and
A narrative is the revealing effect of a story from the first person point of view, which describes an experience, story or a set of events. In the story, the narrator tries to engage the audience to make the story further compelling. The narrator’s job is to take a point and a stance to display the significant point of his or her’s view.
Most of the events in the movie are told in the correct order that they happened, but they have many inaccuracies in them. One event that is not in the correct order is when Rafe volunteered to join the RAF Eagle Squadron, this didn’t happen in reality until after December 7, 1941. There are many scenes that never even actually even happened in real life. The scene where Admiral Kimmel was playing golf and found out about the attack happening never occurred in real life. Another scene that historians
Every detail within the story has some sort of meaning and is there for a
implications, as I see them, of such a narrative – that is, a narrative seemingly determined not to
To begin with, despite the foundation of the two narratives being the same, there are still withstanding variations in the complete story. Predominantly,
The setting of the narrative is also thrown out at various times throughout the book.
occurrences. The reader can easily get a mental image of the scene. Their final battle was
But as we go through the story more further the two stories seem to be
Personally Saturday nights are my favorite, and I followed the same routine every weekend. So why would this weekend be any different? My room felt cozy as I looked up time to time to see my twinkling Christmas lights I leave up all year. I loved how the sweet scent of vanilla filled up the plain air of my bedroom. Wearing my biggest sweatshirt that dangled at my fingertips, I sat on my bed leaning comfortably on my pillows. Every now and then, the sound of a notification would break the sound of silence. This is how I preferred my Saturday nights to be.
This can also be described as the way story events are distributed within the film by the plot. This distribution results in narration. Range and depth of information are the most important considerations when distributing story events for narrative purposes. Bordwell & Thompson, 2004, p.87
Since it is a narrative essay, in this case it does not have a clear
... story portrait an action oriented series of events, one must conjecture a weak theory.
In conclusion, it is hard to grasp the true meaning of the story unless the story is read a second time because of the author's style of writing.
stories as Mark, then why would it changed the details of it, since the meaning of the story is going to be the exact
I never really thought about where my life was going. I always believed life took me where I wanted to go, I never thought that I was the one who took myself were I wanted to go. Once I entered high school I changed the way I thought. This is why I chose to go to college. I believe that college will give me the keys to unlock the doors of life. This way I can choose for myself where I go instead of someone choosing for me.