Narrative Writing Prompt
“ Round’em Up and Move ‘em Out!” and “A Life on the Trail” give information about how life was on a cattle drive. Think about what might have happened if you were actually participating on a drive.
Write a narrative for your teacher about being on a cattle drive. Be sure to include narrative elements such as sensory details, dialogue, figurative language, and description as they are appropriate in your writing. Use details and information from the passage in your narrative.
Writer’s Checklist
My narrative has an effective beginning, middle, and end.
My narrative flows smoothly from one idea to another.
My narrative develops plot, character(s), and setting.
My narrative includes specific and relevant details,
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All I know is when I woke up I was in my bed. After I woke up and used the bathroom, I went down the stairs to see what mother was cooking. It smelled great even before I reached the kitchen I knew it was bacon, eggs, and biscuits and gravy. Which just happened to be dad and mines favorite. “Morning darling, how’d you sleep?” mom asked as I entered the kitchen. “Great, I haven’t been able to sleep like that in months. It feels good to be home” I responded with great enthusiasm. “Good because I get lonely being the only girl around sometimes, ever since you started going to the boarding school.” mom said sounding a little exhausted. “Yeah I bet, but now I’m home and I can help take some of this work off your hands.” I said wondering if she really had gotten rid of that deadly cold. Because if she didn’t I don’t want to stress her out more with a whole bunch of work I could be doing instead. “Anyways where is everybody?” “Oh there out with the horses. Could you do me a favor and let them know breakfast is done?” “Sure thing mom anything I can do to help.” After everyone got inside and all washed up we sat down and ate the lovely meal mother had prepared for us. After I finished eating I washed my plate and went up to my room to finish unpacking and change. Then I went down stairs again and asked momma if I could go see Thomas my best friend in the whole …show more content…
What happened after that was a blur. All I know was that everyone was crying a lot and then the doctor came back to tell us what was going on. His expression showed no emotion, I couldn’t tell what was going on until he sighed and said “She’s in a better place now” that’s when the water works really started. It took me weeks to calm down and get back to normal and I still wasn’t really myself. Thankfully dad postponed the cattle drive trip, but it’s been weeks and he can’t postpone it any longer so I told him we’d go in the morning. In the morning we started off. My dad appointed me to left point man, because I researched that position for a paper for school. When we set off it was a pretty easy ride and when we finally settled in for the night I had a hard time sleeping so I went to sit by the fire and I finally found sleep. The next morning was scorching hot and the cattle were all over the place we and Thomas kept smiling at each other and then out of nowhere we here gunshots and the cattle take off they were headed right for the cliff and Thomas was trying to get them to turn left when all of a sudden I realize he wouldn’t make it at that moment all I could think about was pushing him out of the way and spare his life. That’s when my thoughts became my actions. Before I knew it I was falling and all I had
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.
Stagecoach In the movie Stagecoach, directed by John Ford you see a common western star by the name of John Wayne. John Wayne was very popular in western films, and more particularly in films directed by John Ford. In the film John Wayne plays the main character Ringo, who in the film escaped prison in order to exact his revenge on Plummers, the man who murdered Ringo’s family. In the film the stage leaves with eight passengers on board each of whom have their own backstory.
Write a narrative for your teacher about being on a cattle drive. Be sure to include narrative elements such as sensory details, dialogue, figurative language, and description as they are appropriate in your writing. Use details and information from the passage in your narrative.
“She should have checked in by now. The ship dropped her on world hours ago.” He said.
She was about to start a new chapter in her life. New responsibilities and a few more changes in her surrounding. As the end of the night approached, she couldn’t believe that in few months she was about to start her college. She was excited to meet all her friends over the summer break once again. She cried a little, and than they all promised to keep in touch
The standard definition of narrative is an account that contains a beginning, middle and end. Likewise, it is important that it is
A narrative is specified to amuse, to attract, and grasp a reader’s attention. The types of narratives are fictitious, real or unification or both. However, they may consist of folk tale stories, mysteries, science fiction; romances, horror stories, adventure stories, fables, myths and legends, historical narratives, ballads, slice of life, and personal experience (“Narrative,” 2008). Therefore, narrative text has five shared elements. These are setting, characters, plot, theme, and vocabulary (“Narrative and Informational Text,” 2008). Narrative literature is originally written to communicate a story. Therefore, narrative literature that is written in an excellent way will have conflicts and can discuss shared aspects of human occurrence.
The next morning I approach my mom before she heads off to work. “Hey mom,” I start ringing my hands together a little as I walk into the kitchen where she’s making a boxed lunch for herself. “Good morning sweetie.” She says to me as she spreads peanut butter on some bread for a sandwich.
As story telling developed over time, so too did the array and complexity of the methods obtainable to writers. Several of the elements that writers use are so vital that they are not essentially sensible choices, such as tone or theme. although the writer consciously assembles these examples. Other methods, nonetheless, are more deliberate, like foreshadowing.
After the long walk and entering his house, Mike threw his backpack and shoes to the floor and began to make a sandwich. He relaxed on his couch watching television while waiting for his parents to arrive home from work. “Mike, are you here,” said his mom. “Yes, just like everyday you come home,” he responded.
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After competitively running Cross Country and Track for my school for four years, I was diagnosed with exercise induced asthma in the summer of 2016. Just weeks before, I was comfortably completing 50 miles a week, and just going through the motions. Then one day in early June, I was doing a workout in preparation for the upcoming Cross Country season when my chest started pounding and I nearly collapsed, feeling weak and mildly dizzy. It took the doctors just a few weeks to rule out cardiac issues, as they said I had one of the healthiest hearts they had seen. After diagnosing me with exercise induced asthma and prescribing me an inhaler and asthma medicine, they told me I was free to return to running 50 miles a week.
Relaxing, was the beginning of summer filled with hope and imagination. As we all know, summer to and 8 year old is like a free world. This day was great I woke up late, according to my parents, but according to me I woke up right on time. I woke up and went to the kitchen even though it wasn’t breakfast time I asked my mom and she made me breakfast. The breakfast was warm, smelt delightful, and it was delicious.
When we finally got there my mom had to walk us in. How embarrassing, I thought, I’m the new kid getting escorted by mom. As I’m walking into the door I hear my name being
Now we had to make the long trip back to Mrs. Tina’s house. It was such a long day, and we were extremely tired so we decided to skip dinner. We took showers, put on our pajamas, brushed are teeth, and went to bed. Over the next few days we went to the beach, had picnics in the park, went bike riding and skating, and took a trip to the mall. We had such a fun week, but now it was time to go home. So, we thanked Mrs. Tina and her family for being so generous and welcoming to us. We told them that they would have to come visit us so we could return their kindness they showed us. So, we gave them hugs and kisses and we headed back to Las Vegas.