PERSONAL NARRATIVE REVIEW
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INTRODUCTION – engage your reader with a hook! Establish the SETTING and MOOD= atmosphere Remember the STRUCTURE of a short story : exposition, rising action, climax, falling…, resolution With careful and selective word choices, convey your TONE = your attitude toward your topic Write with your own VOICE – it sounds like YOU!
FOCUS on one situation and tell it completely, so we can know it as deeply as possible. Choose and develop your DETAILS [ 5 senses ]. Use DIALOGUE to develop character / move the plot along Have an end PURPOSE or lesson in mind Use FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: metaphors, similes, hyperboles, personification, etc…
AVOID Clichés – “ Her cheeks were like roses.” "The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot." Aphorisms – “The early bird gets the worm.” Euphemisms – “ He passed away quietly in the night.” Idioms – “ He had money coming out of his ears!”