NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH
WHAT is a narrative paragraph?
Ø It tells or describes an event, feeling or experience in story form
Ø It is a series or events arranged in time order
WHY do you tell stories?
Ø to share a lesson you have learned
Ø to share a new realization over something old and familiar
Ø to convince or persuade people that something can be done or that something is possible
Ø to entertain people
WHOSE stories do you tell?
Ø YOUR story
Ø Stories of people you know: family, relatives, special someone, friends, classmates, acquaintances. . .
Ø stories of famous or popular personalities: your favorite movie star, a controversial politician, an extraordinary athlete . . .
WHAT KIND of stories do you tell?
Ø fictional (made-up stories)
Ø non-fiction (real and true stories)
HOW do you tell the stories?
Guidelines:
Ø include adequate details: setting, character, series of action (beginning-middle-ending), moral lesson
Ø use a logical order
Ø use transitions
Ø include dialogues when necessary
